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With the summer holidays drawing to a close, many people will be looking to buy a new set of school uniforms for the start of the school year.

At the beginning of the new term in September, schools will be forced to provide affordable uniforms for their pupils, after years of increasing costs have left parents frustrated.

In April, the Government passed new legislation, that will come into effect when pupils return to school next month.

The bill was first introduced by Labour MP Mike Amesbury, and it received cross-party support.

The law aims to protect parents in England from unnecessary uniform costs, by forcing schools to remove branded items from their uniform requirements, allowing parents to shop around or to use second-hand clothes more easily.

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