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By Sophie Huskisson Families of disabled children are “battling” for access to free school meals despite them being eligible. Labour MP Ian Byrne, who led a Westminster Hall debate in Parliament on the issue today, said “access to food is a basic human right”. He said schools “were not complying with equality law” as analysis shows more than 100,000 eligible disabled children are unable to access the free school meals they are meant to receive. Mr Byrne said “families should not have to face this battle” as he called on the Government to update its free school meals guidance. “It must be made …