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The children's commissioner has urged Labour to follow Scotland and Wales in outlawing the practice.
The education secretary said such discussions should happen "behind the scenes".
It is the first time it has gone up in more than seven years.
And that's a problem, seeing as it made up a core part of their pre-election promises.
The freebies row rumbles on.
Several of Keir Starmer's top team have allegedly written to the PM to express concerns about the Budget.
Bridget Phillipson held the event in an upmarket Westminster restaurant.
Lucy Powell previously suggested cutting winter fuel payments stopped "the economy crashing". Bridget Phillipson seemed less sure.
But Keir Starmer's spokesperson denied a suggestion Bridget Phillipson had spoken out of turn.
The outgoing president has endorsed Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee.