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BRIDGET PHILLIPSON: 'I know what it’s like to grow up in a struggling family - money was tight'

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson writes for The Mirror as research shows cash-strapped parents are using 'buy now, pay later' schemes and going without food to afford school uniforms

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