http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...cameron-policyCoalition plans to remove free milk for the under-fives were summarily dropped by David Cameron today amid fears it would remind voters of the "Thatcher milk snatcher" episode of the 1970s.
Cameron moved so quickly that David Willetts, the higher education minister, was on live television defending the idea of removing free milk when the prime minister announced the U-turn, leaving broadcasters to tell Willetts of the change.
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Speaking before Downing Street rejected the proposal, Labour's shadow foreign secretary and party leadership contender David Miliband said the proposal would cause "real anger among parents, nurseries and milk providers".
He said: "This is one of the last remaining welfare schemes which allows children across the country to benefit from free, healthy milk.
"It is a universal benefit because every child needs to have milk in their diet.
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