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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andy Gregory

People ‘eating pet food and heating meals with candles’ due to cost of living crisis

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People are eating pet food and trying to heat meals using candles as a result of the cost of living crisis, a community food project manager has said.

UK inflation has reached a 41-year high, with the cost of food and non-alcoholic drinks soaring by 16.4 per cent in the year to October, in what has been the biggest rise since 1977.

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