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Work more hours if you can’t afford food, Therese Coffey suggests
Environment secretary accused of ‘appalling’ comments – as she also suggests turnips were good seasonal replacement during fruit and veg shortage
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(Incidentally, the BBC1 6pm evening news yesterday claiming that the fruit and vegetable shortages are “Europe wide”, but the BBC is as reliable source of information as a tabloid newspaper these days.)