Government officials have decided the school milk subsidy is to remain. The news follows a recent economic report that the subsidy should be scrapped, which could have saved the nation £1.5 million.
The UK government has supplemented the EU subsidy on school milk since 2001, and Sustainable Food and Farming Minister Lord Bach has announced that the national subsidy for school milk will be retained. Lord Bach said“Along with my colleagues from the Department for Education and Skills and the Department of Health I have considered all relevant factors including the recommendations in the recent report. We have agreed that the scheme has a valuable
role to play and should remain unchanged.