More than 150,000 people urge politicians to ensure people can always afford the essentials

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EDITORIAL USE ONLY (L-R) British actor Charlotte Ritchie and Singer/songwriter Joy Crookes hold a giant receipt printed from a billboard installation near Finsbury Park Tube station in London, commissioned by the Trussell Trust and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as part of their ‘It Doesn’t Add Up Campaign’, aiming to highlight issues following the launch of the new Universal Credit amount. Picture date: Tuesday April 4, 2023. PA Photo. The different parts of the receipt, which include personal cost of living crisis stories, actual costs of essentials, and messages of anger, will be torn off and pasted up on display in the area around the billboard.

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