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'We have been hung out to dry': Market traders' anger as they're told to pay full rent - despite it being shut for three months in lockdown

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here"A lot of the traders in there, some of them are quite young, single parents and this is their only source of income. Business won’t be the same for a long time."Many of the Tommyfield traders had qualified for a £10k small business grant to support them during the pandemic.But Mr Aslam said that the entirety of his grant went on outstanding costs that were owed before COVID-19 struck, leaving nothing to pay the £3,000 he owes in rent - the price for a double stall for 12 weeks."That £10,000 - hand on heart I didn’t use a penny of that to feed myself," the 35-year-old said."At first I thought it’s a grant worth hanging on to and maybe help me to set up my business again but that’s gone."There is nothing left of that at all.

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