Government ignores food poverty

"Food poverty in the UK represents a crisis of vast and devastating proportions – but it goes untackled because the government is ignoring the problem."

"There are currently no measures for adequately gauging the extent of hunger in the country because Tory ministers do not want to acknowledge it, claimed campaigners at a major meeting on food poverty held in Glasgow."

"Hosted by the Poverty Alliance, the conference featured testimonies from academics and activists, including those who have suffered the real effects of hunger."

"It heard that despite civil servants suggesting a way to establish a much more accurate picture of food poverty as defined by a specific set of criteria, government ministers have refused to agree to the work."

"An accurate picture of food poverty would include not just physiological signs, but the nutritional value of food consumed, the amount eaten (whether, for example, people skip meals or don’t fill themselves up to save food), and anxiety caused by worrying where meals will come from."

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Shrinking the welfare state and shifting services to not-for-profits and the voluntary sector is also an abnegation of responsibility.