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Millions going hungry in Covid Britain
Academics HARTWIG PAUTZ and DAMIAN DEMPSEY reveal their findings on rising food insecurity faced by the most vulnerable in society
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AROUND 8.4 million Britons struggle to get enough to eat, according to the latest figures from the UN, which puts the UK on a par with countries like Latvia and Hungary. 

This state of affairs is called food insecurity and it has been on the increase since the 2008 financial crisis and the decade of austerity that followed. 

But in the last year, Covid-19 has made things worse. Because of the pandemic, more people than ever simply do not have enough to eat.

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