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Hungry families choose between meals or electricity as pandemic exposes UK poverty

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Hungry people are having to boil rice in their kettles as the Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the scale of extreme poverty in the UK.

The Trussell Trust says their new research reveals people who rely on food banks went into the pandemic with just £248 per month on average after housing costs to live on.

Homeless services have also been shocked to find that people lacked basic kitchen appliances to cook with, such as kettles, toasters, microwaves and cookers, according to the Manchester Evening News.

Emma Revie, Chief Executive of the Trussell Trust, said: "How can anyone in this country stay warm and dry and buy food on just £248 a month after rent? "People struggling in extreme poverty are pushed to the doors of food banks because they

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