According to the study, carried out on behalf of supermarket giant Asda, low-income families are particularly hard-hit because a bigger proportion of their income goes on costs such as school uniforms, meals and transport. In total, families in the UK spend 10.5bn pounds on school costs. The average annual school cost rise has also shot up from less than one per cent to 2.3 per cent in the past year. Shadow children's secretary Michael Gove said of the findings: "This demonstrates that...


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