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Cost of uniforms and transport barrier to attendance, CPAG finds
The campaign group also revealed that children receiving free school meals sometimes share their allowances with food-insecure friends
Some 16% of 11-to-18-year-olds in the UK said they have missed school at least once because they didn’t have something they needed to attend, such as correct uniforms, food money or transport, according to a new report from The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG).
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