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The Food Foundation
@Food_Foundation
An independent organisation aiming to present solutions to government and the private sector to address the growing challenges facing the UK’s food system.
May 13, 2022 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
There have been rumours this week that Government is considering a delay or U-turn on banning multi-buy deals on #junkfood.

This would be a #FalseEconomy.

🧵A short thread👇 [1/6] These regs were brought in to tackle #obesity. During Covid-19 obesity rates have risen dramatically & the NHS is under more pressure than ever. There's an urgent need for Govt to introduce evidence-based policies to help.
Source: our #data dashboard foodfoundation.org.uk/childrens-righ… [2/6]
May 13, 2022 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
🧵THREAD🧵

This week MP Lee Anderson made comments blaming high levels of food bank use on a lack of cooking and budgeting skills. He claimed a nutritious meal could easily be cooked for 30p. Was he right?
#CostOfLivingCrisis [1/11] Rising food insecurity isn’t caused by people not knowing how to cook – families are facing skyrocketing food/fuel prices and incomes aren’t keeping up. Teaching people to cook is not on its own the answer, and cooking from scratch isn’t always cheap.
#CostOfLivingCrisis [2/11]