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Poverty becoming the ‘new normal’ in Wales
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FAMILIES struggling to make ends meet has become the “new normal” in Wales, research by charity campaigners has revealed.

The YouGov survey for the Bevan Foundation, published today, shows that people were pessimistic about the prospects for their community and Wales’s prospects as a nation.

Half of people in Wales thought that living standards would worsen in their community and across Wales over the next 12 months.

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