Britain’s poorest families are switching off their cookers, ditching fresh food and huddling in one room to save money in the cost of living crisis, experts say
that saving was becoming a priority because of spiralling bills and increasing inflation., claimed some people were unable to accept food parcels containing root vegetables, such as potatoes, because of concerns about the cost of cooking them.
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