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© Provided by Huffington Post Jamie Oliver has branded Theresa May's plans to scrap free school meals for infants a 'disgrace' Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has reacted with fury to the news that Theresa May plans to scrap free school meals for infant pupils if she wins the election.

At present, the government subsidises each school lunch to a cost of £2.30, so removing the free lunches means working families will have to find around £480 extra per child a year, though the Conservative manifesto states means-tested families will still get free school meals.

The manifesto claims some of the money saved by the move will be used to provide free breakfasts for all primary-age children.

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free school meals for infant pupils if she wins the election is a "disgrace", according to celebrity chef Jamie Oliver . The free school meal policy was a flagship Liberal Democrat programme during the 2010-2015 coalition and Theresa May will go down as the lunch snatcher." 8:41pm 18th May 2017.

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Free school meals could be scrapped for infants at lunchtime as George Osborne turns his eye to his November spending review. Chef and healthy eating campaigner Jamie Oliver said the possible decision was "a disaster", adding that Clegg' s policy had been a "major step forward for children' s

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The healthy food campaigner said: “We’ve already seen the Childhood Obesity Strategy ripped to shreds, now Theresa May and her government have decided to remove free school lunches from millions of primary children.

“This is a disgrace. It’s a fact that children perform better after eating a decent lunch.

© Provided by Huffington Post Theresa May with eight-year-old Akaal Singh at Nishkam Primary School in Birmingham “This move shows a complete lack of understanding of all the data that’s been shared and puts our future generations at huge risk, as well as further undermining our teachers who benefit from well-fed kids.”

Last year Oliver, a father-of-five slammed May’s Childhood Obesity Plan, accusing her of coming up with “the same old bull that hasn’t worked for 20 years.”

He told the Radio Times: “Everything about the childhood obesity strategy that’s just come out is a complete stinking herring. It’s a terrible job Theresa May’s done there – unforgivable.

“She’s completely let down every child in Britain, let parents down, everyone’s been let down.”

Oliver led a failed campaign to ban unhealthy sweets from supermarket checkouts and limit junk food adverts, but has been a powerful advocate of healthy eating. The 41-year-old was awarded an MBE for services to the hospitality industry in 2003.