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Essential workers face food poverty, says charity
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MILLIONS of key workers are struggling to afford food, according to a new study published today.

More than a quarter of households with NHS and social care workers are not being paid enough to eat, and over a fifth of education staff face the same plight, the Food Foundation survey has found.

The charity’s executive director Anna Taylor said: “Struggling to afford food is by no means confined to those out of work. 

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