Charities have warned that high energy prices will harm children’s development this winter after a survey found a quarter of parents have already cut back on the amount of food they buy.
Some 24% of parents are buying less food since the start of the year in order to afford essentials, 28% have cut back on the quality of food and 13% have eaten cold meals or meals that do not require cooking to save money on energy bills, the poll of more than 4,000 UK households by YouGov for the charity National Energy Action (NEA) and the Food Foundation found.
