Some 700,000 families used a food bank in the year prior to the coronavirus outbreak, according to estimates from a study on food poverty.
This represents 2.5% of all UK households between 2019-20, the Trussell Trust said, with food bank users at the start of last year living on just £248 a month on average after paying for their housing.
The charity said hunger in the UK is not about food but about people not having enough money for the basics, with this amount needing to cover energy and water costs, council tax, food, and other essentials.
Its State of Hunger 2021 report found that 95% of those who needed help from Trussell Trust food banks in early 2020 were living in destitution - unable to afford to eat and stay warm and dry.
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