Schools and colleges across England to start offering free sanitary products - MSE News

All state schools and colleges in England will be able to start offering free sanitary products to students from today as part of a new Government scheme to tackle 'period poverty'...
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  • Paul_Herring
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    Cold someone explain (ELI5 style) what "period poverty" is, when tampons cost 16p each?

    Specifically, why - if it's so widespread, as it so apparently is - these people aren't getting the benefits they so clearly need.
    Conjugating the verb 'to be":
    -o I am humble -o You are attention seeking -o She is Nadine Dorries
  • Consumerist
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    . . . Specifically, why - if it's so widespread, as it so apparently is - these people aren't getting the benefits they so clearly need.
    It's possible that their parents, who claim the benefits, consider food and heating to be more important.
    >:)Warning: In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
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