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Free milk to stay

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The provision of free milk for the under-fives has been saved after David Cameron overturned a proposal to scrap it.

The coalition Government said the Nursery Milk scheme will not be axed, after a letter from health minister Anne Milton outlining the proposals was leaked to the media. Ms Milton's note of 3 August to Scottish Public Health Minister Shona Robison said the scheme would cost £50m this year and did not provide value for money.

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