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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Abigail O'Leary

Children getting food poisoning as parents turn off fridges to save amid soaring bills

Children are suffering from food poisoning because parents are turning off fridges to save money, staff at a food bank say.

Truro Food Bank in Cornwall said it had been told that other appliances were also not being used to save electricity as the cost of living crisis deepens.

Staff said they knew of some children going to school in unwashed clothes as people used washing machines less.

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