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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics

How a little bad luck can make you vulnerable

Homeless person on the streets of York
‘We are far too inured to the suffering of our fellow humans.’ Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer

Marin has written from the heart (In my freezing house, gripped by fear, I scrawl ‘things can get better’ on a chalkboard, 8 March) about a lifestyle that is rapidly becoming a reality for vast swathes of our communities in Tory Britain in 2023.

I have lived and worked in west Cornwall for nearly a quarter of a century, and been involved in secondary education as a teacher, in mental health charities, and now volunteering with Growing Links, which provides food and support to vulnerable people.

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