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BBC News By Catherine Evans image copyrightfamily photo image captionAlys Patosit has three jobs, but says buying a home is out of her family's reach. For many working parents in Wales, buying their own home is an "unachievable dream," according to three charities. Nearly half the homeowners helped by the Help to Buy scheme in 2020-21 earned at least £40,000. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said evidence suggested it was "not helping people on lower incomes". The Welsh government said a new phase of the scheme will help those "who most need support". Alys Patosit, 41, and her husband Pin, 48,...

Her comments come after a report released this week shone light on the school uniform cost burden faced by struggling families across the country. The paper, part of the Covid Realities partnership project between the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), the Nuffield Foundation, and the universities of York and Birmingham, suggests parents are going without food and other essentials to buy uniform and kit for the school year. Kim, 37, who lives on Anglesey with her husband and four children and did not want to be fully identified, took part in the study. Two of her children are in primary...