A survey commissioned by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has found that14 per cent (1 in 7) of working people across the UK are skipping meals due to the rising cost of living.
In response to its findings TUC claimed that the UK is facing “Victorian levels of poverty.”
According to The Telegraph:
The poll of 10,000 adults shows that one in seven people (14 per cent) across the UK are either skipping meals or going without food at certain times.
However, across 47 parliamentary constituencies this number rises to one in five, or 20 per cent, and above.
The survey also found that the proportion of people across the UK skipping meals is the same for people in work and people out of work – both at 14 per cent.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) commissioned a poll of 10,495 adults from 26 to 30 September and, following the results, warned that the nation is facing “Victorian levels of poverty”.
Frances O’Grady, its general secretary, said: “No one should have to worry about putting food on the table or heating their homes.
“But millions of families are struggling to cover even the basics, and now face huge uncertainty over their energy bills after the Chancellor said support may end in April.
“This polling lays bare Britain’s cost of living emergency.
“Food and energy bills are soaring, but real wages are plummeting. Unless we get pay rising across the economy – and ensure benefits rise in line with inflation – we risk heading towards Victorian levels of poverty.”
At this rate of going, tens of millions of Brits will soon have nothing at all. No job, no money and no home to call their own.
But the thing is, will they be happy?
