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(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 22, 2020 A pedestrian walks past the tents of homeless people outside a shop displaying Christmas-themed window displays in central London, on November 22, 2020, as the four-week national shutdown imposed in England continues, forcing people to stay home and businesses to close owing to a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. - The historic recession caused by covid-19 could double extreme poverty in the United Kingdom to 2 million households, including 1 million children, according to Heriot Watt University projections made for the NGO Trussel Trust in a report on December 9, 2020. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/TOLGA AKMEN)