Education Secretary moves to cut price of school uniforms

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Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said new laws will limit the number of costly branded school uniform items.   Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00I understand the pressures that families face around school uniform.

00:03I believe that children can look smart at school without accosting parents the earth.

00:07Having a school uniform is an important part of the school's identity.

00:10It's about being part of that community.

00:12But over recent years, we've seen schools insisting on too many expensive branded items.

00:17It's why we're changing the law to limit those numbers.

00:19So a maximum of three in primary and three in a tie of those branded items in secondary.

00:25But I've also called on schools ahead of that legislation passing through Parliament.

00:30In its final stages to start that process of bringing down costs to parents.

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