'More than one in three children in the city are living in poverty,' an organisation says.
Claire and Jake from the MK Community Foundation said one in three children in the city lived in poverty
Claire Baldock, from the foundation, said "a lot of people believe the cost of living crisis is something we are recovering from, but we are still in the depths of it". Mrs Baldock continued: "People find very hard to believe when we look around at this shiny, shiny new city - But like any city, there's massive pockets of deprivation and charities such asShe added: "We've heard of children pretending to eat lunches out of empty lunchboxes, because they're so embarrassed that they haven't got food.
One story highlighted was that of 32-year-old "Lucy" - a single parent from Milton Keynes, who juggles work and family life, but found that skyrocketing costs meant she could not meet basic needs.
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