Nick Clegg's free school meals policy undermined, Labour claims Mr Brennan said: "The Government is in total disarray on education - Nick Clegg is spending money that event the Lib Dem schools minister admits simply isn't there. Yet more evidence that you can't trust a word Nick Clegg says. The Lib Dems last night rejected Labour's claims and claimed the money would come from "unallocated money" for 2014/15. The Coaltition has been criticised for "cobbling together" the free school meals policy ahead of the Lib Dem party conference earlier this year. More than 1.8million children in reception, year one and year two will benefit from the scheme in England will be given free school meals from next September, saving parents more than £430 every year. However, many headteachers and governors warned they did not have kitchens and dining halls big enough to offer cooked meals for every child. The Government then committed £150million for building work to expand school kitchens. Mr Clegg said £70million of this will be new money from the Treasury and around £80million will be from the maintenance budget underspend. A senior Whitehall source said: "When Clegg jotted this gimmick on the back of a fag packet, he forgot thousands of primaries don't have kitchens so he stole money from the maintenance budget to pay for his cock-up. Every pound spent on Clegg's kitchens in a pound not spent on a school that's falling down. All Clegg's figures are as trustworthy as his promises on tuition fees.