Without further significant interventions from Government, household incomes are on course to fall by 5% this year, and by 6% next year. This stark two year income fall – equivalent to £3,000 for the typical household – would be the deepest living standards squeeze in a century.

My The Guardian story: Soaring living costs will leave millions on low incomes thousands of pounds short of what the public says is the minimum needed to live with dignity, annual Joseph Rowntree Foundation CRSP living standards study reveals theguardian.com/business/2022/…

On #NationalFoodBankDay Sabine Goodwin from IFAN highlights the need for a cash-first or income-based approach to food insecurity as "food aid providers are running out of road" Read more here Big Issue - bigissue.com/opinion/nation…

The Welsh Government has started to roll out universal free school meals this week for reception age students with the aim of "272,000 primary school pupils... set to get free lunches by 2024" bbc.com/news/uk-wales-…

The Resolution Foundation has highlighted how Liz Truss' energy price freeze and tax cuts will "give Britain’s richest households twice as much financial support with living costs as the poorest households" in the The Guardian theguardian.com/business/2022/…

On Tuesday 20 September, we will hold our virtual conference on helping the most vulnerable through the #EnergyCrisis. Please register at tinyurl.com/mzntztws #EnergyCrisisConf

Our Food Ambassador and #BreadlineVoices writer Dominic Watters will share his lived experience of fuel poverty during a conference highlighting the UK's #EnergyBillsCrisis this morning Register to watch here: ➡️ bit.ly/3xBj3Y9

Welsh Gov have set aside £11m to extend free school meals to the end of February 2023 reports BBC News (UK) bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-…

What impact does the benefits cap freeze have on the UK’s poorest households? Read our latest article ⬇️ enuf.org.uk/what-impact-do…

According to the BRC-NielsenIQ price index food prices rose at their fastest rate on record in September to 10.6%, up from 9.3% last month reports BBC News (UK) bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Cost pressures mean "using more processed food and poorer-quality meat for student lunches" as the school meals industry is "on its knees" reports The Guardian independent.co.uk/news/education…

Absolute poverty is already projected to rise by 2.9 million people from 2021-22 to 2023-24. But cutting benefits in real-terms would cause absolute poverty to increase further, with 600k extra people falling into absolute poverty.

📈 Food insecurity has doubled since January meaning FOUR MILLION children are now living in homes without adequate access to food. Read our latest data here: bit.ly/3971hCM #CostOfLivingCrisis #FeedtheFuture #FoodInsecurity

We're backing calls for new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to increase benefits in line with inflation to help families amid the #CostofLivingCrisis Our tracking data shows 54% of households on #UniversalCredit experienced food insecurity in the last month: bit.ly/3971hCM

‘The benefit is massive’: the school offering free meals to all students reports The Guardian theguardian.com/education/2022…

10 CEO’s from Morrisons , Tesco , Waitrose & Partners , Sainsbury's , Asda , Iceland Foods ❄️ , Co-op , @LidlGB Aldi Stores UK & Caterlink Ltd have written to Gillian Keegan asking that on 17th the government commit to expanding Free School Meals…let’s give everyone a chance & #Feedthefuture

The Food Standards Agency Food Standards Agency has written updated food safety guidance for charity food providers in response to the cost-of-living crisis and increase in food bank usage. food.gov.uk/business-guida…

New report from Resolution Foundation finds "11 per cent of adults (up from 5 per cent pre-pandemic) reported being hungry in the past month [Nov 2022] because they lacked enough money to buy food" as the cost of living crisis continues. Full report: resolutionfoundation.org/publications/t…

Jo Green, co-manager of a community pantry, explains the difference between local cooperatives and food banks is "that there's a stigma with food banks" as numbers of pantries soar during cost of living crisis reports The Guardian - theguardian.com/business/2023/…

Conducting research on food insecurity, but worried about who isn't represented in your research? Interested in hearing some ideas for improving inclusion and why this is so important? Come join us for discussion on these topics on 5 & 12 July. UK Food Systems Centre for Doctoral Training Dr Tracey Duncombe