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Too many British families are hungry!

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CvD66 Tue 27-Feb-24 13:55:32

According to Food Foundation tracker, 15% of UK households, approx 8m adults and 3m children, experienced food insecurity in January, as food prices continued to hit low-income families. (Today’s Guardian).
The report states that 60% of households bought less fruit and 44% less vegetables. Already the NHS has recorded an increase in hospital admissions for nutrition deficiency. Cancer UK has estimated there are 33,000 extra cases of cancer in UK associated with deprivation.
In contrast to this, the UK has 171 billionaires.
Is this really a country we can be proud of?

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Eloethan Thu 07-Mar-24 23:33:11

There is no point in raising the minimum wage, usually by a paltry amount, when, at the other end of the spectrum the very wealthiest continue to receive disproportionately huge increases in their income year on year. The gap continues to grow. We see the result now - ever-declining public services, resulting in an increasingly sick population and a reduction in life expectancy, a dissatisfied and demoralised workforce, an education system on its knees and decent housing - whether owned or rented - a distant dream for increasing numbers of individuals and families.

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