Greedy Politicians And Government Betrayal Exposed: Working Families Struggle To Feed Themselves

The survey, carried out by Ipsos polling firm in collaboration with the Trussell Trust, revealed that 14 percent of all UK adults faced the risk of going hungry in the 12-month period.

Surprisingly, the research found that having a paid worker in the household did not guarantee protection against the need to rely on food banks. In fact, one in five individuals who sought assistance from a Trussell food bank came from a working household.

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Emma Revie, the chief executive of the Trussell Trust, expressed her concern over the situation, stating, "Being forced to turn to a food bank to feed your family is a horrifying reality for too many people in the UK, but as Hunger in the UK shows, this is just the tip of the iceberg.

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Millions more people are struggling with hunger. This is not right. Food banks are not the answer when people are going without the essentials in one of the richest economies in the world.

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We need a social security system which provides protection and the dignity for people to cover their own essentials, such as food and bills."

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The period examined by the Trussell Trust coincided with the easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions. However, this was also the time when inflation began to take hold.

Last week, Agustin Carstens, the head of the Bank of International Settlements, acknowledged that the current inflationary crisis and subsequent cost-of-living crisis were a direct result of government and central bank policies during the lockdowns.

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These policies included extensive spending to support workers and businesses, as well as money printing by central banks to finance state expenditure.

Carstens admitted, "While understandable as the Covid crisis broke out, with the benefit of hindsight, it is now clear that the fiscal and monetary policy support was too large, too broad-based, and too long-lasting."

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Despite promises from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who took office last autumn, the economic turmoil in Britain has persisted. Sunak, a former Goldman Sachs banker, was elected on a platform that pledged to tackle inflation and reduce debt.

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However, his government has thus far been unable or unwilling to take the necessary steps to address the cost-of-living crisis. Inflation currently stands at 8.7 percent, more than four times the Bank of England's target rate of 2 percent.

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Additionally, despite record-high taxes, the national debt has risen to £2,567.2 billion, equivalent to 100.1 percent of GDP.

Despite mounting evidence of the economic hardships and negative societal consequences of lockdowns, former Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who was responsible for implementing the nation's lockdown measures before being dismissed for violating his own rules, argued this week that the restrictions should have been even stricter.