{"id":250178,"date":"2025-06-05T15:05:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T14:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/government-to-expand-free-school-meals-to-all-families-on-universal-credit-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:05:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T14:05:26","slug":"government-to-expand-free-school-meals-to-all-families-on-universal-credit-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/government-to-expand-free-school-meals-to-all-families-on-universal-credit-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Government to expand free school meals to all families on universal credit | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/bCVlZqiTCpo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Government to expand free school meals to all families on universal credit | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bCVlZqiTCpo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>ITV News speaks to Dr Tammy Campbell, about the expansion &#8211; and what this could mean for British families. <\/p>\n<p>All pupils in England whose families claim universal credit will be eligible for free school meals under an expansion plan announced by the government on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands more children across the country will be able to access means-tested free school meals when the provision is extended from September 2026, the Department for Education (DfE) has said. 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