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In light of Anne Widdecombe’s abhorrent comments and the rise of food poverty I feel it necessary to have an open honest discussion about malnourishment in early years and the affect it can have. #FoodPoverty a thread /1
Please do not mistake this. I am not looking for anyone’s sympathy the events happened along time ago I am using my own experience to raise awareness of the wider issue at hand. /2
I myself know, not on any conscious level, what it is like to be profoundly hungry, to be malnourished to the point of muscle wastage. I don’t remember it but I live with it daily. /3
👉TIME FOR ACTION
The #CostOfLivingCrisis is hitting people of all ages and backgrounds. We and Brighton's Emergency Food Network have had enough. We have sent a letter to national gov with 12 emergency action points
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Read our full statement here: bhfood.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
The #CostOfLivingCrisis is hitting people of all ages and backgrounds. We and Brighton's Emergency Food Network have had enough. We have sent a letter to national gov with 12 emergency action points
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Read our full statement here: bhfood.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
🚨 1 - The uplift in benefits that is tabled for the Spring Budget is in line with the true cost of #inflation
We need an increase of 7% or higher, not the outdated 3.1% tabled from data produced last September
We need an increase of 7% or higher, not the outdated 3.1% tabled from data produced last September
🚨 2 - the £20 #UniversalCredit uplift is removed
Household costs have not reduced since the pandemic, in fact they are increasing. The Universal Credit uplift being removed is leaving families with LESS than before.
Household costs have not reduced since the pandemic, in fact they are increasing. The Universal Credit uplift being removed is leaving families with LESS than before.
Interesting that this Tory MP talks about responsibility and also tackling reasons for child poverty. The Tories have been in power since 2010 /1 #FreeSchoolMeals
Yet the DWPs own figures show a massive increase in child poverty since they came to power
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Food bank demand also absolutely exploded after they came to power. 3/ #foodpoverty
I find this advert troubling. It does not take £3 to feed 12 Mancunians in food poverty. It takes a generous, fair, humane society in which hunger is unacceptable and good food is a right and a priority. @RighttoFoodUK
It takes a change in how we perceive food, so we say, “Hunger is not acceptable,” and – better – “We have systems to prevent this.” @right2fooduk sustainweb.org/righttofood/. It takes @LivingWage incomes and an @DWP social security safety net that meets the actual cost of living.
It takes a culture that can't penalise people for being old or young; being ill; a single parent; having a disability, or with a caring role. It takes regulation of the cost of expensive necessities – water, energy, rent, transport – explicitly to protect household food budgets.
Thread #UKPoverty #FoodPoverty 1/ The scale of food poverty in the UK, the fifth richest economy in the world, and its rapid increase over recent years is staggering. I've been researching this for @hrw for just over a year. hrw.org/news/2018/11/2…
2/ So many important things are happening today on this issue, each one of which on its own should make the government and all of us sit up and take notice. There is no excuse for looking away.
3/ The @TrussellTrust's annual figures are out. They do not make for easy reading. A 19% increase in the last year alone. Read their blog on what they see driving people to seek food aid. trusselltrust.org/news-and-blog/…
