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Housing benefit gap forces renters to choose between rent, food and heat

A widening shortfall between housing benefits and market rents is pushing tenants in the UK toward food banks and difficult financial choices.

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  1. Pay rent, eat or keep warm? Growing numbers face hard choices as housing benefit gap grows The Guardian Business ·

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  • Laura Braddock
  • Wirral
  • Merseyside
  • London