The U-turn comes after the First Minister last week indicated he did not believe it was the most effective way to tackle child poverty.
Humza Yousaf has backed plans for universal free school meals and insists a pilot of the policy in secondary schools will go ahead.
He’d said: “I don’t think that’s the right way to use that money”. But Yousaf appeared to U-turn after furious criticism from cross-party supporters of the proposal, which is the focus of a Sunday Mail campaign.They argued means testing free meals creates a stigma for pupils attending class hungry and pointed to huge administration savings from a universal approach. Yousaf has now insisted a secondary school pilot will go ahead as promised, the Record reports.
Opposition politicians had reacted furiously to the suggestion the government could be backpedalling on the commitment. Labour’s Monica Lennon said: “It would be mean and cruel to put the brakes on the rollout of universal free school meals. Hunger knows no age limits and the First Minister must fulfil the rights of all children and young people.”
Lib Dem MSP Willie Rennie said: “Children learn better when they are well fed. Just eight weeks in, Humza Yousaf has been forced into U-turn after U-turn.” Alex Salmond’s Alba Party has launched a petition demanding the roll out of free school meals for all school children.
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