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Evening Standard
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Shumaila Iftikhar

Cost of Living Crisis: Calls for better finance options for UK Muslims as new study finds they are struggling to pay bills

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One in five Muslims living in the UK are struggling to afford their household bills and have been dependent on a food bank since August 2021, according to research conducted by Muslim Census. 

The organisation surveyed 1, 568 Muslims and noted that 65% of respondents had to take out a loan of some form in order to manage their everyday costs and bills, whilst almost a third missed a meal in the last year to afford them. 

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