Submission Documents: By Councillor Gordon Matheson:- "Council commits to providing free school meals targeted at primaries 1-3 as part of our efforts to support households struggling with the cost of living, and will work in a spirit to ensure that the implementation of this policy aligns with wider council priorities including challenging poverty, tackling health inequalities and removing stigma; regrets that Scottish children in primaries 1-3 won't receive free school meals until January 2015, while their English counterparts will receive free meals from the beginning of the new session in 2014, and notes that this is as a result of the Scottish Government's decision to delay the allocation to Scottish councils of the required funding: recognises that this policy is only now being implemented by the Scottish Government as a result of a Barnett consequential, in spite of it being an SNP manifesto commitment since 2007, and demands Glasgow's fair share of at least £7 million; reaffirms our rejection of the regressive budget proposal by the SNP Group to cut funding of Glasgow's highly-regarded fostering and adoption services, and commits to build on Glasgow's strong record of support for children and families." Help Icon

This is the list of documents available for the submission By Councillor Gordon Matheson:- "Council commits to providing free school meals targeted at primaries 1-3 as part of our efforts to support households struggling with the cost of living, and will work in a spirit to ensure that the implementation of this policy aligns with wider council priorities including challenging poverty, tackling health inequalities and removing stigma; regrets that Scottish children in primaries 1-3 won't receive free school meals until January 2015, while their English counterparts will receive free meals from the beginning of the new session in 2014, and notes that this is as a result of the Scottish Government's decision to delay the allocation to Scottish councils of the required funding: recognises that this policy is only now being implemented by the Scottish Government as a result of a Barnett consequential, in spite of it being an SNP manifesto commitment since 2007, and demands Glasgow's fair share of at least £7 million; reaffirms our rejection of the regressive budget proposal by the SNP Group to cut funding of Glasgow's highly-regarded fostering and adoption services, and commits to build on Glasgow's strong record of support for children and families.".

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Item Minute - 20 February 2014 Minute Public Open Document in PDF Format
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