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‘IT’S NOT RIGHT THAT FEELING CLEAN SHOULD BE A LUXURY’

Imagine having to share one toothbrush between everyone in your family, being forced to stuff your pants with toilet paper because you can’t afford period products or not being able to change your baby’s dirty nappy because there aren’t any clean ones left… This is the reality of experiencing hygiene poverty for many people living in the UK today.

Even before the Covid-19 crisis struck, 22 per cent of the UK population was facing a daily battle to make ends meet, often forced to choose between eating and keeping

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