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Families of around 19,000 children in Devon have been sent supermarket vouchers, worth £570,000, to help them buy food over the upcoming Easter holiday .

It's thanks to the government's one-off 'Household Support Fund', which was given to councils to distribute. In the last year, we've invested Devon's £4.7 million share in providing nearly 140,000 supermarket vouchers for families...

From: Department for Work and Pensions and The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP

Published 31 March 2022

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“Consumers are already desperately worried about what will happen to their bills this winter, and this was a missed opportunity to offer...

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