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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Paige Oldfield & Sam Elliott-Gibbs

Mum living off Universal Credit eats just one meal a day says she's now 'just existing'

A struggling mum whose one meal a day often depends on finding a yellow-stickered budget item from her supermarket says she is no longer living - just existing.

Sarah Stanton, who survived on Universal Credit, says she is already frightened to turn the heating on and resorts to using candles to keep warm.

Receiving just £260 every fortnight while supporting a child, the parent is getting by eating just once a day as it is all she can afford.

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