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A quarter of state school pupils in England now qualify for free school meals.
But 800,000 more schoolchildren who are living in poverty go hungry because they are not eligible.
Food banks are opening as fast as high street banks have been closing down.
The fact that food banks have had to come into existence in one of the richest countries in the world is a scar on our collective conscience.
7.2 million of our fellow citizens suffer from food insecurity, an increase of 2.5 million people since 2022 .
If you focus on those who face very low food security’, the near destitute, need is up by 68% 1.5 m more hungry people in just one year .
Food banks are running out of food and more food banks as demand grows locally are urgently needed.
Over three years , overall prices are up 20% and food prices up 30% , but until this April benefit rates had gone up by only 13.5% ..
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