The debt written off is said to be around £300k.
After a Feed the Weans campaign and protests over school meals policy, activists have said the decision is a victory.Claire Peden, Unite organiser, said: “Unite’s campaign to ‘feed the weans’ has spurred councillors into action to write off school meal debt.
“Unite for a Workers’ Economy will continue its campaign to end means based ‘free’ school meals and to provide school dinners for all children up to P7.” “The stark reality is that children and young people are coming to school or going to bed hungry – pupils told us this in our recent“Our families deserve better and that is why we will do everything in our power to deliver for Glasgow’s children and young people.”Thomas Rannachan, Labour councillor, said: “Writing off this debt doesn’t solve all the problems caused by this cost-of-living crisis, but it is a small, meaningful step in the right direction.
Blair Anderson, Greens councillor, said: “Greens have been raising the issue of school meal debt for years, so I’m delighted that Glasgow has now written off our share of that debt.
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