Experts back DfE’s claim free school meals plan will lift 100,000 English children out of poverty but say only over time

Experts back DfE’s claim free school meals plan will lift 100,000 English children out of poverty but say only over time – politics live

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Analysis from Institute for Fiscal Studies says in short term figure will be lower

Lisa O’Carroll is a senior Guardian correspondent covering trade and Brexit.

In a sign that the Labour party is perhaps over its Brexit neuralgia, no fewer than three British ministers are in Brussels today with counterparts.

Experts back DfE’s claim free school meals plan will lift 100,000 English children out of poverty but say only over time – politics live