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Britain's cheapest supermarket

Britain's cheapest supermarket opens this December in Barnsley - stocked with cut-price food other stores have thrown out. The UK's first 'social supermarket' will be open to shoppers with membership cards whose income falls below a set threshold.

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Government reacts to 'social supermarket'

As it's revealed a supermarket is to open in South Yorkshire specifically for people on benefits the Government has told Calendar it is taking action to help families including increasing the tax-free personal allowance, freezing council tax and freezing fuel duty.

The Government has taken action to help families with the cost of living, including increasing the tax-free personal allowance to £10,000 which will save a typical taxpayer over £700, freezing council tax for five years and freezing fuel duty.

The benefits system supports millions of people who are on low incomes or unemployed. In fact, our welfare reforms will improve the lives of some of the poorest families in our communities with the Universal Credit making three million households better off - the majority of these from the bottom two fifths of the income scale.

– Government spokesperson

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