Watching the news today, I see that school uniforms are in the news. This is an issue that could have affected me when younger, but I was lucky in that my mother was able to buy the school blazers from any shop. My daughter goes to a school where there is one shop that supplies the uniform.
I understand the outrage that people have at the prices involved, and the view that this may be a scheme by schools to make money. But let us look at a big issue here. Schools do not have enough money. A teacher from the school of my daughter met with the schools minister to discuss this. My MP was kind enough to write to me when I had forwarded a letter from the school of my kids (they go to different schools) on this and has raised the issue in parliament (I will ignore how his party is the cause of the funding issue).
So in summary, school uniforms have annoyed parents for a while. Action can be taken to change the cost to parents, an issue that hits the poorest hardest, but to take action without addressing the funding issues schools have is silly and short sighted.