Survey Finds Over 8 Million Are Struggling To Buy Food In UK

Over eight million in Britain cannot afford to feed themselves properly, with around 4.7 millions regularly going a day without food according to estimates of hunger in the UK According to the analysis of UN data by the Food Foundation thinktank, almost 17 times the number of those who use Trussell Trust food banks felt insecure about having enough to consume, which shows hunger in the UK is a great deal more widespread than rising charity food use suggests Press TV reports: Experiencing hunger, being unable to secure enough food of sufficient quality and quantity for a healthy body, participating in society, and cutting down on food due to financial hardships, are defined as characteristics of food insecurity. “This survey is a wake-up call reminding us that too many people are sometimes too poor to eat in the UK,” said the Food Foundation’s executive director, Anna Taylor. “This is a major contribution to the debate on hunger in our country. We now know for the first time the scale of the challenge confronting the nation to ensure all of us can afford to buy and eat a decent meal without needing to rely on food banks,” Frank Field MP, chair [...]