Limit the number of branded items of uniform and PE kit that schools can require
13/06/24 – The 2024 Labour Manifesto announced that the Labour party would bring down the cost of school by limiting the number of branded items of uniform and PE kit that schools can require.
17/07/24 – The Children’s Wellbeing Bill was announced in the King’s Speech 2024. Details of the Children’s Wellbeing Bill include ‘limiting the number of branded uniform items that a school can require, to bring down costs for parents’.
09/09/24 – The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education, Stephen Morgan, told the House of Commons that the bill would be introduced as soon as time allows.
17/12/24 – Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill introduced to Parliament.
08/01/25 – Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill had its second reading.