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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Anna Fazackerley

University staff who can’t afford to eat ask for campus food banks

Members of the University and College Union at Leeds went on strike in December over pay, pensions and working conditions.
Members of the University and College Union at Leeds went on strike in December over pay, pensions and working conditions. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Staff are asking universities to set up food banks because they are struggling with rising bills and say they cannot afford to eat properly.

As food and energy prices rise, the University and College Union says young academics teaching on casual contracts and low-paid support workers such as porters and cleaners are finding themselves on the breadline.

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