Updated: April 7, 2021, 4:34 pm
Older pupils need the same support as their younger counterparts, Scottish Labour said (Andrew Milligan/PA)
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All pupils should benefit from free meals during the summer holidays through catch-up clubs, Scottish Labour says.
Party leader Anas Sarwar said up to 700,000 children would benefit from free meals as they would be open to both primary and secondary school pupils.
The SNP has already promised to provide free breakfasts and lunches to all primary children throughout the year if re-elected in May.
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Voting for the Alba Party is in Scotland’s “national interest”, Alex Salmond has said.
In an address on Tuesday, Mr Salmond launched the Alba Party’s campaign for the Scottish elections in May, where he repeatedly pushed for a supermajority of MSPs to be elected in support of independence, but he failed to say the number he believed to be the threshold for a supermajority.
The former first minister also outlined his party’s view on how independence could be achieved if most MSPs elected were in support of separation.
Within the first week of the new parliament, Mr Salmond said, the Scottish Parliament should instruct the Scottish Government to start negotiations with the UK Government, creating a “standing independence convention” formed of elected representatives.
As a result of the negotiations, a referendum could be called, while another style of plebiscite, legal action, “international and diplomatic initiatives” and “peaceful and popular demonstration” were also options that could be explored, Mr Salmond said.
The former first minister urged his supporters to vote for his party on the regional list, while supporting the SNP in constituencies.
“I’ll be voting SNP in my first constituency vote for that reason and I know that tens of thousands of SNP supporters are going to vote for Alba on the list for exactly the same reason,” he said.
“Because it is in the Scottish national interest to do so.
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