Schools plugging gaps left by social services budget cuts as poverty becomes more extremeExtreme child poverty is worsening across the UK,with schools increasingly forced to fill in the gaps being left by councils and social services budget cuts, school leaders acquire said.
Headteachers from schools in deprived areas of England, or Wales and Northern Ireland say they are having to supply basic services such as washing school uniforms for pupils from poor households,and are even paying for budget advice and counselling services for parents.
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Source: guardian.co.uk