Around 1.7 million children in the UK are living in households which struggle for food, with kids in the North East most likely to be going hungry.
Analysis of figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) found 12% of children - equivalent to 1.7 million - were living in food insecure households between 2019/20 – 2021/22.
Of these, 800,000 children were deemed to be living in households with "very low food security", meaning their family were forced to resort to skipping meals or reduced portion sizes.
