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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Hannah Al-Othman

Hardship on the streets of Liverpool: ‘The benefit cap put millions of children in poverty overnight’

Robert Daniels hold s a plastic crate of food at his purple van, with the Fans Supporting Foodbanks logo on the side, the words circling red and blue clasped hands
The co-founder of Liverpool-based Fans Supporting Foodbanks, Robert Daniels, with his market-style food pantry near Goodison Park. Photograph: Mark Waugh/The Guardian

At a baby bank in Liverpool, Louise cradles her infant in her arms, while volunteers pull donations from the shelves and into a bag; nappies, formula milk, vests and baby-grows.

The 38-year-old is a mother of five, her children aged five months to 13 years; two are visually impaired and one also has epilepsy, another of her children is deaf.

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