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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jabed Ahmed

Inside a food bank at the busiest time of year, with a mother forced to eat children’s pizza crusts to get by

PA Wire

A mother forced to eat the crusts from her children’s pizza for dinner is just one of the agonising stories to be heard in the UK’s growing number of food banks.

The Trussell Trust, an anti-poverty charity that operates a network of some 1,400 food banks across the country, is planning to give out more than a million emergency food parcels this winter.

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