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Children from poor families should be automatically enrolled for free school meals, say MPs.
They should be fed free of cost because their parents have not signed up to the scheme.
As of June 2024 , 2.1 million children were known to be eligible for free meals in England .
Experts say one in 10 children in poverty are not receiving meals because of language barriers.
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