BRUSSELS TO FUND FREE SCHOOL FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
July 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
TIME was when British schoolchildren received free milk from their government to build healthy bones and teeth. But that ended in 1971, when Margaret Thatcher - then education secretary - famously banned the practice, amidst taunts she was the 'milk snatcher'.
Now, the former Prime Minister's actions are being mitigated by the European Commission, another institution she attacked during her political career. Brussels has announced it will spend Euro 90 million in future, meeting half the costs of feeding free fruit and vegetables to European ...
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