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    SUNSHINE AND SAVINGS

    Jul 11, 2022 5 minutes

    The pandemic was hard for everyone, but it was perhaps toughest for the UK’s kids.

    Locked up in lockdown then sent back to school swaddled in masks and dripping in hand sanitiser, the joys of childhood must have seemed like a myth for millions.

    The stats speak for themselves: Nearly six in 10 families struggled to cover essentials like food, rent, transport and childcare during the pandemic. Restrictions may have ended but in the last months energy bills, national insurance contributions and the cost of food and fuel have all shot up.

    More than four million children in the UK were in households below the poverty line before the pandemic, a number which could top five million by April 2023. More and more mums and dads like Anthony (opposite) are turning to foodbanks to get by, even

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