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Free school meals voucher extension risked legal challenges

The government’s last-minute U-turn on providing free school meals vouchers over the summer holidays risked exposing it to legal...

James Carr
James Carr
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Edenred won third free school meals voucher contract without open tender

The Department for Education failed to run an open tender for the most recent free school meals voucher contract,...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Edenred is back: Free school meals voucher scheme to relaunch Monday

The government’s national free school meals voucher scheme will relaunch next Monday and be run by original supplier Edenred...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ministers ‘knew all along’ free school meal vouchers would cover Easter

Ministers have been accused of knowing “all along” they would extend the national voucher scheme into the Easter holidays....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Revealed: Edenred sued government over tender-free contract

The under-fire company that runs the national free meal voucher scheme took legal action against the government almost six...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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How the government’s free school meals voucher scheme is leaving children without food

“I’ve got nothing. No milk, no bread, no food, nothing.” That was the voicemail message a school received from...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Aldi joins national free school meal voucher scheme

The supermarket chain Aldi has joined the government’s national free school meals voucher scheme. Vicky Ford, the children’s minister,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE urges schools to stop checking swamped free meal voucher website, as system labelled ‘farcical’

Schools are being urged not to revisit the government’s national free school meal voucher website unable to cope with...

John Dickens
John Dickens