Feeding Britain: A strategy for zero hunger in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Hunger in the United Kingdom
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hunger and Food Poverty/ Archbishop of Canterbury?s Charitable Trust
5 May 2017
Report based on the findings of the Inquiry team established by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hunger and Food Poverty. This report was supported with funding from the Archbishop of Canterbury?s Charitable Trust. The overall combined proportion of household incomes spent on food, housing, and utilities increased from 36% in 2003 to 40% in 2011. The impact on poorer households has been even greater. Key areas of report include: - Foodbanks and Tackling immediate hunger - Waste and surplus redistribution - The role of Local Authorities - Gas, electricity and water - Debt and high-cost credit - Resilience ? cooking, parenting and budgeting - Hunger in schools - Low pay - Benefits administration and delays
Last modified on 6 June 2017
