Britain’s hunger crisis laid bare as 14 million going without food because they can’t afford it
Millions of children in UK going without food as cost-of-living crisis grips country
- A new analysis reveals over 14 million people in Britain, including 3.8 million children (27 per cent), are experiencing hunger due to financial hardship, a significant increase from 2022.
- The Trussell Trust report attributes this deepening crisis to low incomes, insufficient benefit rates, rising rents, and soaring energy bills, urging immediate government action.
- Campaigners and politicians have condemned the widespread hunger as a "scandalous political failure" that should "shame the government to its core".
- Experts and charities are pressing the government to scrap the two-child benefit cap and end the freeze on Local Housing Allowance to alleviate severe hardship.
- While the government acknowledges the issue and plans a child poverty strategy, critics argue current measures are insufficient to address the escalating crisis.