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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ashley Cowburn

Rishi Sunak warned refusal to uprate benefits will drive more people to food banks

EPA

Britain’s largest network of food banks has warned Rishi Sunak’s refusal to bring benefits in line with inflation will drive more people to emergency food parcels and turn the “cost-of-living crisis into an emergency”.

The stark warning comes as the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) – the spending watchdog – said Britons are set for the biggest fall in living standards in a single financial year since records began in 1956.

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