21 May 2025, 08:46 | Updated: 21 May 2025, 11:25

By Emma Revie

Yesterday, a single father called Andrew told me he skips every other meal so his 8-year-old daughter can eat.

He survives on the leftovers on her plate and is then forced to make excuses for why he's not eating, because she gets so worried. This is agonising. It’s not right – but this is the harsh reality people are facing across the UK.

Today, we reveal that nearly 3 million emergency food parcels were provided by food banks in the Trussell community over the past year, with over a million for children.

Devastatingly, since 2019/20, there has been a 46% rise in parcels provided to families with children and a 32% rise in parcels to support children under the age of five.

While the harrowing details Andrew shared shook me, they are becoming far too familiar. We face a generational challenge in tackling the record levels of hunger and hardship in our communities and the scale of what lies........

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