Almost one in 10 parents ‘very likely to use UK food bank in next three months’

Deliveroo is to enter a partnership with the Trussell Trust to support food banks. Photograph: Deliveroo/PA

Nearly one in 10 parents are “very likely” to use a food bank to feed their children over the next three months, a survey has found.

It means that as many as 1.3 million parents are expecting to have to visit a food bank as families struggle to cope with rising costs of living, with 88% of those surveyed admitting their monthly food bill has increased in the past three months alone.