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Gordon Brown warns of ‘poverty epidemic’

Source: PA Wire

The cost-of-living crisis is developing into a public health crisis amid a “poverty epidemic”, former prime minister Gordon Brown is warning.

He released research suggesting that almost four million people were now living below the so-called safety net.

Mr Brown said GPs across the UK were reporting that patients were asking for prescriptions

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