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Cost of living: Parents-to-be spend weeks without electricity

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Anthony Moore, 22, is on a zero-hours contract with an employment agency.

He said he stopped bein two weeks jobs after his mental Anthony Moore tions c Llangollen to h Denbighshire ks in the workplace.

He gets support from the Llangollen Foodshare the Llangollen Foodshare r is calling for benefits to be increased in line with inflation.

The UK government said it "prioritised UK hose with the least" in society.

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