The number of British households in severe food insecurity is worse than it was at the beginning of the pandemic, with almost one in 20 (4.6 per cent) saying that members of their household have gone a whole day without eating in the past month, because they couldn’t afford or get access to food.
Analysis by the Food Foundation concluded that the cost-of-living crisis was causing a clear increase in hunger in the UK. In April 2022 13.8 per cent of households experienced moderate or severe food insecurity, a five percentage point increase on January 2022.
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