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Disabled man 'starved to death during lockdown' MP claims
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A disabled man starved to death during the coronavirus lockdown because he could not access essential food, an MP said. Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy said she was aware of a "tragic" report that a man in her constituency of Streatham, south London, had died after being unable to access food essentials.
She asked charities giving evidence to the Women and Equalities Committee what they felt about the Government's "reluctance" to expand the clinically vulnerable list amid people with disabilities struggling to get food through priority delivery slots.
They said people are still finding it hard to get deliveries, some cannot socially isolate in supermarkets because they are blind, carers are being disbelieved when they say they are shopping for
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