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New film highlights the reality faced by families struggling to afford food

A new short film has been released to highlight the struggle faced by families to put food on the table due to the cost-of-living crisis.
The short film features a mother from Birmingham struggling with the cost-of-living, SCREENGRAB: YouTube
The short film features a mother from Birmingham struggling with the cost-of-living, SCREENGRAB: YouTube

It has been released following the news that food and drink inflation is now at 19.1 per cent.

The film by The Food Foundation features Melissa, a mother from Meriden in Solihull, who shares how soaring food prices have impacted her children, and Dr Ewan Hamnett, a GP who has been working in Birmingham for nearly 30 years. Dr Hamnett highlights how those with limited income have no choice but to eat diets which will damage their health in the longer-term, ‘significantly’ increasing costs to the NHS as a result.

The Food Foundation is calling on Government and retailers to urgently tackle this crisis and ensure everyone can eat well.

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