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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Atkinson

Parents ‘skipping meals for days to feed their children’

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Anxious parents feeling the cost of living squeeze are skipping meals “several times a week” so they can feed their own children, a charity has warned.

One Salvation Army community manager, Carol McKean, based in Sheringham, Norfolk said parents who tell her they “never had to claim benefits before” look “broken asking for help”.

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