School uniform shopping hack to get back-to-school bundle for just £1.27 per item
With the summer holidays underway, families across the UK are setting out on the expensive and laborious yearly task of purchasing uniforms and other essential back-to-school items.
Department for Education (DfE) statistics reveal that it costs an average of £442 to kit out a child for secondary school, and £343 for primary school.
To address this issue, the government is tackling rising uniform expenses through its proposed Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which will restrict the number of branded - and consequently pricier - items schools can include on uniform lists.
This will then provide parents with the flexibility to purchase more affordable alternatives.
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