Children

Every primary age child in London will get free school meals again from this September, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has confirmed. Here's what you need to know.

If you're on a low income and struggling with the cost of school uniform, you could get up to £200 to put towards it in the form of a non-repayable grant. To help, we've searched through council websites to find which offer it – check below to see if you qualify and what you could get. But go quick as some deadlines have already passed and late applications may not continue to be accepted for long. 

If you're pregnant or have a child under the age of four, and you're on a low income, you may be eligible for a Healthy Start prepaid card offering at least £4.25 a week to spend on healthy food, milk and vitamins. But more than 215,000 people are missing out – here's how to check if you're eligible and apply.

If you're on a low income and struggling with the cost of school uniform, you could get up to £200 to help in the form of a non-repayable grant. To help, we've searched through council websites to find which offer it – check below to see if you qualify and what you could get.

Not-for-profit internet safety body Internet Matters has today launched a free ten-point guide with tips to help kids and young people build good online money management habits.

As the school year comes to an end, parents who use online payment provider ParentPay may have leftover credit sitting in their accounts – here's how to check and get a refund.

Applications are now open for a new £250 payment for low-income families in Scotland, which is paid when your child is old enough to start school. 

Parents with children aged between nine and 11 can now apply for the Government's Tax-Free Childcare scheme, meaning its roll-out is complete.

Some parents using the Government's Childcare Vouchers scheme are wrongly being told they aren't also eligible for 30 hours of free childcare due to an HMRC website glitch.

Government-backed savings provider NS&I has today closed applications to new customers for its five-year children's bonds, though hundreds of thousands of existing accounts can still be renewed at maturity if the child is under 16.