UK: Primary kids to get free school lunches
By: just-food.com | 3 September 2009
All primary school children in two areas of the UK will from today (3 September) get a free lunch under a GBP40m (US$65m) two-year trial scheme backed by the Government.
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All primary school children in two areas of the UK will from today (3 September) get a free lunch under a GBP40m (US$65m) two-year trial scheme backed by the Government.
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