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Daily Mirror
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Sam Barker

Woman on Universal Credit showers once a week and drinks 'off' milk due to living costs

A woman on Universal Credit says she has been drinking curdled milk and eating 'gone-off' food due to the cost of living crisis.

Bonnie Noel, 65, is a retired nurse who gets Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment as she cannot work due to a previous injury.

She says the cost of living increases have been "just hellish" and that she has had to make severe cutbacks.

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