Rutherglen and Cambuslang are missing out on discounted school meals. At a meeting of South Lanarkshire Council’s education committee on Tuesday, August 18, it appeared that SLC had chosen not to participate in the UK Government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme.However, it later transpired the council had signed up to the scheme, but deemed the benefits “too small to justify” rolling it out to schools across the region.Liberal Democrat councillor Fiona Dryburgh (East Kilbride South) raised the issue during a discussion on the department’s response to the coronavirus crisis.Local authorities can sign up to the scheme which offers a 50 per cent discount on food and non-alcoholic drinks up to a maximum of £10 at participating restaurants, pubs and.
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