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City's living costs drive workers to food banks
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- Phil Shepka,Cambridge political reporterand Nic Rigby,BBC Politics East Phil Shepka/BBCThe Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge was picketed by members of the Unite union.
- It comes as hundreds of workers at the University of Cambridge are striking to seek a top-up pay supplement.
- Stephen Thornton, chairman of trustees at the Cambridge City Foodbank, said even households with employed people were seeking subsidised food.
Phil Shepka,Cambridge political reporterand Nic Rigby,BBC Politics East Phil Shepka/BBCThe Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge was picketed by members of the Unite union. The cost of living in Cambridge is making it difficult for some low-paid workers to make ends meet without using food banks, BBC Politics East has been told.
It comes as hundreds of workers at the University of Cambridge are striking to seek a top-up pay supplement. The university said it was open to "constructive dialogue".
Stephen Thornton, chairman of trustees at the Cambridge City Foodbank, said even households with employed people were seeking subsidised food.
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