Sign up to FREE email alerts from our Money Saving Club Newsletter Parents with children in school in the UK could be owed as much as £150 each thanks to a little-known rule.
Any parents struggling to pay towards the cost of their kids' uniforms can claim up to £150 from their local council. Because the money is a grant, it doesn't need to be paid back.
The help provided does vary between local authorities - meaning the amount you could get, and the eligibility criteria, can be a postcode lottery.
For example, earlier this year, the Mirror noted how residents in Gloucestershire could apply for up to £25 off, while those in Islington, London, could get as much as £150.
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