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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Zoe Tidman

‘I can’t look at my bank’: The families reduced to debt and one meal a day

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Families on Universal Credit are already struggling as they brace themselves for a potential cut to their benefits, with one mother recently forced into debt to pay for school uniform.

Claimants tell The Independent they are walking three hours to get a hot meal or falling behind on bills as they struggle to get by on current payments in the cost of living crisis.

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