Ministers admit there will be a backlash from parents, nurseries and dairy farmers, but say the universal benefit is “out of step” with efforts to focus money on the most needy.
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‘Echoes of Thatcher’ as Coalition scraps free infant milk
A cherished scheme which has given infants free milk for 70 years is to be scrapped in Coalition budget cuts, in what could prove a public relations disaster for David Cameron.
