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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jon Dennis

Guardian Daily: 1m children denied free school meals

More than a million children living in poverty aren't getting free school meals, the government has admitted. The Liberal Democrats' education spokesman, David Laws, explains the income threshold that allows pupils to qualify for free school dinners is set lower than the official definition of poverty.

The Palestinian prime minister, Salam Fayyad, tells Middle East editor Ian Black Israel's illegal occupation of the West Bank must stop immediately before a peace deal can be agreed.

Abhisit Vejjajiva has become Thailand's prime minister. Ian MacKinnon reports from in Bangkok on the challenges he faces.

Kathy Staff, alias TV's Nora Batty, has died aged 80. Martin Wainwright goes to Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, where the Last of the Summer Wine holiday industry is keeping her memory very much alive.

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