750 schools with primary aged pupils funded for breakfast club pilot to run from April 2025 New Industrial Strategy to be published in spring Decision to write off over £640 million in written off Covid PPE contracts reversed HMRC to consult on e-invoicing for businesses and government departments The Chancellor has today unveiled a package of measures to deliver on the agenda of the new government including a breakfast club pilot for 750 schools with primary aged pupils, new powers for the Covid Corruption Commissioner, e-invoicing to support business and the next steps on the government’s industrial strategy. School Breakfast Club Pilot The Chancellor announced that up to 750 schools with primary aged pupils will be invited to take part in a £7 million breakfast club pilot. The funding will allow these schools to run free breakfast clubs for their pupils in the summer term (April-July 2025). The Department for Education will work with the schools selected as part of the pilot to understand how breakfast clubs can be delivered to meet the needs of schools, parents and pupils when the programme is rolled out nationally. This will help reduce the number of students at schools with primary aged […]