School rule change could help parents save hundreds of pounds

NewsCost Of LivingBack to schoolThe back-to-school shop will have a few new rules14:30, 04 Aug 2026Families heading out for the back-to-school shop this year may notice some fresh guidelines designed to reduce the burden of uniform costs. Earlier this year, the Government unveiled new restrictions on how schools determ

Under the shake-up, previously announced by Sir Keir Starmer's government, free school meals are to be expanded.

Claiborne Wade was troubled when he woke up Friday morning to an email from the head of Chicago Public Schools telling parents like him that the school board had made a last-minute change to the budget that could affect the start of school. At the time, Wade, a parent leader at the nonprofit advocacy group Kids First C