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Gig-economy champion calls on his paper's readers to hep courier service ‘combat food poverty’
George Osborne arrives at a party at the home of Mick Jagger in Chelsea, London, December 13

TEFLON TOFF George Osborne is being ridiculed by couriers after his newspaper launched a campaign with gig economy giant Deliveroo to tackle food poverty.

Mr Osborne’s paper, the Evening Standard, ran a front-page story last week headlined: “Deliveroo pledges £5 to feed hungry children with every order.”

The Deliveroo campaign aimed to raise up to £50,000 for food poverty charity The Felix Trust, which takes surplus food from supermarkets and gives it to schools and other charities across London.

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