600 million injected to extend support for poorer children during school holidays

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"Government funding for a programme which offers children from low-income families free meals and activities during the school holidays will be extended. Some 600 million is being invested to extend the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme which funds councils to provide holiday childcare, activities and food for children eligible for free school meals for another three years. The Department for Education (DfE) has said working families on free school meals could save more than 800 a year thanks to its investment into holiday clubs."

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