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One in four working parents struggling to feed families in London
An empty fridge

A QUARTER of working parents in London are struggling to feed their children, a charity has warned. 

And one in nine have less than a £3 a day to spend on food amid high inflation and the cost-of-living crisis, the Felix Project warned.

Its survey of more than 2,000 working parents in the capital revealed 14 per cent of respondents have turned to a food support service such as a foodbank for the first time in the last year.

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