The time to bury bad news? Well certainly the time to do the dirty deal The Tories are quietly slipping in legislation about free school meals after a dirty deal with the DUP. Because it won't happen in N. Ireland
In legislation that will get voted on tomorrow, immediately following the Spring Statement, the Tories are set to cut the threshold for free school meals for the children of families on Universal Credit to £7,400 per year
The threshold will represent a ‘cliff edge’, meaning that if families earn a penny over it, they will have their entitlement to free school meals removed completely. In contrast, in order to fund school lunches for one child for a year, said families would need to cough up an extra £1,100.
But not in N Ireland
evolvepolitics.com/tories-to-shamelessly-exempt-northern-ireland-from-savage-free-school-meals-cuts-to-protect-dup-deal/
I've no doubt there will be other actions.
A very disappointing lunch. Should pubs and restaurants be more honest.