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Over a million pensioners 'suffer from malnutrition'
Age UK warn over a million over 65's don't have enough food to eat

A million pensioners in Con-Dem Britain don't have enough food to eat, charity Age UK warned yesterday.

It said one million people aged 65 and over "suffer from or are at risk of malnutrition" and the health problems which accompany it.

The problem is so widespread that even the Tories and their Liberal Democrat collaborators are being forced to take action.

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