Seymour: New school lunch programme will feed more with less | 1News

David Seymour says the school lunch programme will feed more, but cost less with a change of approach based on "the Government's significant buying power".

Seymour said all students currently receiving a lunch through the programme would continue to receive one at school at a significantly lower cost to taxpayers.

“The Healthy School Lunches Programme will continue, alongside a new targeted programme for up to 10,000 two-to-five-year-olds in early learning services."

Seymour said the targeted programme for younger children would be for those who attended low-equity, not-for-profit, community-based early learning services.

It would be funded using the cost savings found in the lunch programme.


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