The myth of cheap food

New research from the British charity Save the Children, shows that if a Bangladeshi family wanted to eat a simple nutritious diet, they would have to spend three times their salary on food. That's like the average British family - which according to official figures has an annual income of £29,000 - running up a £1,700 bill at the supermarket each week.

The results explode the myth that low incomes are enough to survive on in the developing world because things are cheaper, and transform the standard "dollar a day" poverty formula into mathematics that hits home.

"Put simply, food costs are always more than people are earning, people are simply far too poor to feed their families," Ms de Toma said.

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Three days later.

I'm now wishing I had a photo of the walls before the first coat of undercoat went on, but never mind. Two coats of undercoat and one of 'soft sunlight' later the carpet has been replaced and it actually feels like a room I'll be happy to sleep in..

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