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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Anna Morell

Dis Life: 'Disabled people can't afford Christmas as UK returns to Dickensian squalor'

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

So it’s a pity that a fifth of disabled households won’t be celebrating Christmas this year as they can’t afford to, according to new data from the charity Sense.

With half in debt and a third skipping meals, disabled people are back to the days of Dickens and Mr Scrooge, where the ghost of Christmas Future really is looking at the death of metaphorical Tiny Tim. Many Tiny Tims. And bigger ones too.

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