Many parents across the UK will be washing their children's school uniform by hand to save money, according to a new study.
Almost half of low-income families with school age children expect to resort to cleaning their uniforms by hand. It comes as new research found many can't afford to use a washing machine.
The number of parents prepared to do so has trebled from previous years - another stark sign of the crippling impact of sky-high bills. Charity National Energy Action also highlighted a huge rise in hard-up parents unable to afford proper school uniforms, reports the Mirror.
