Call for help with school uniform costs in England

Low-income families in England struggling with the cost of school uniform should be offered grants as standard, one of the UK’s largest debt advisers has said.

In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, all families on certain benefits can claim between £93 to £200 per child for back-to-school clothing.

But Money Wellness found only a fifth of councils in England offer any support and has called on the UK government to introduce a statutory school clothing grant.

The Department for Education (DfE) said it was already changing the law to…