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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Liam James

Boris Johnson news - live: No 10 admits free school meals ‘unacceptable’ as fish prices collapse after Brexit

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Boris Johnson has commited to a review of the supply chain that led to families on free school meals receiving meagre hampers which Sir Keir Starmer claimed were based on government guidlines.

The prime minister assured footballer and campaigner Marcus Rashford a review would take place and said he was commited to correcting the issue in a phone call ahead of Prime Minister’s Questions, where he faced off against the Labour leader.

Earlier, the bosses of leading UK supermarkets wrote to Michael Gove warning food shortages in Northern Ireland will get worse as the current system becomes “unworkable” when a three-month "grace period" — allowing shops to phase in new customs checks — comes to an end.

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