Thousands of children will get access to free breakfast clubs from April under plans set out by Rachel Reeves as she sought to offer a more optimistic vision in her first Labour conference speech as Chancellor.Ms Reeves confirmed up to 750 schools in England would be offered the chance to take part in the first stage of the process next year.The Chancellor's speech, a little over a month before her first Budget on October 30, was an attempt to strike a more optimistic tone about the UK's economy

Thousands of children will get access to free breakfast clubs from April under plans set out by Rachel Reeves as she sought to offer a more optimistic vision in her first Labour conference speech as Chancellor.Ms Reeves confirmed up to 750 schools in England would be offered the chance to take part in the first stage of the process next year.The Chancellor's speech, a little over a month before her first Budget on October 30, was an attempt to strike a more optimistic tone about the UK's economy after months of gloomy messages about the inheritance she was left by the Tories.