The new scheme is designed to help families cope with the cost-of-living crisis facing households.
Khan has repeatedly called for the Government to make free school meals available to all children.
The mayor’s office said that hundreds of thousands of children live in poverty, but do not receive them due to the Government’s strict eligibility criteria and lack of universal provision.
It said the plan would help around 270,000 primary school children and save families in London around £440 this year.
Speaking about his own experience as a child growing up in London he said free school meals were ‘a lifeline’.
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