"Parents in England skipping meals to afford school uniforms, survey finds"

The same uniforms that have historically never been cheaper (CERTAINLY less than MY parents paid for). Makes you think doesn't it? Just /how/ poor is a large chunk of our population now?

theguardian.com/education/2025

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@avon_deer School uniforms should either be supplied by the school itself or shouldn't be a thing that exists anymore.

@renbymon Mum told me that the private school she went to (with a scholarship) sometimes had to make second hand donated uniforms available to the scholarship students who could not afford them

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