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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Ivan Morris Poxton & Matt Strudwick

Man has 'sobering experience' living off food bank parcel for three days

A man had a "sobering experience" living off a food bank parcel for three days.

In wanting to get a first-hand experience of what families struggling to pay their bills are going through as the cost of living crisis deepens, Ivan Morris Poxton decided to buy items that typical make up a food parcel.

He said that the failure in recent times of wages to match rises in inflation has led to ever more people not having money for basic supplies and turning to food banks.

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