Education minister Stephen Morgan MP speaks to Sophy Ridge about the government's main announcement of the day, which is rolling out more free school meals.
From September 2026, children of parents who are on universal credit will get free school meals. That adds up to half a million children, and will lift some 100,000 out of poverty, ministers say.
Later in the interview, he says the government has "absolutely" been exploring lifting the two-child benefit cap as part of its child poverty taskforce, which reports back later this year.
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