Kimmins - Families need support with school uniform costs

Newry and Armagh MLA Liz Kimmins has said her party has a plan to make school uniforms affordable, but they urgently need an Executive up and running so that the plan can be progressed. 

The MLA said “Workers and families are already struggling with the rising cost of living and the price of fuel and electricity, paying out huge amounts for school uniforms will only add more pressure.

“The recent increase in the uniform grant is welcome, but more must be done to support families with rising uniform costs. We need a long-term solution.

“Sinn Féin has a plan to make school uniforms affordable and cut costs for families when back to school time comes around.

“To implement this plan, we need an Executive up and running now so that we can start to put money in people’s pockets and implement a plan to cut the costs of school uniforms. One party should not hold that important work to ransom.”