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Figures from The Trussell Trust show 11,589 emergency food parcels were handed out between April and September across nine food banks in Bedford

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In the year to March, 34% – or 4,588 – of the parcels handed out in Bedford were given to children, up from 2,955 in the year before the pandemic

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