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Poorest parents spend a quarter of income on school costs

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EMBARGOED TO 0001 TUESDAY OCTOBER 1EDITORIAL USE ONLY40 items of school uniform hang out to dry on a clothes line in Westminster, which represent the £40 million spent by state school staff of their own money on hygiene products for pupils, as laundry brand smol and charity The Hygiene Bank launch their ‘Clean Up Child Hygiene Poverty’ campaign. Issue date: Tuesday October 1, 2024. PA Photo. Backed by the teachers union NASUWT, the campaign is calling on the government to urgently address the issue of hygiene poverty in its upcoming Child Poverty Strategy.

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