The UK’s poorest households face another winter of hardship, charities have warned, as research showed two-thirds of working families on universal credit are struggling to afford food, energy and other essentials.
The Trussell Trust, the UK’s biggest food bank network, called for urgent action after revealing that half of people on universal credit – the UK’s main low-income benefit – had run out of food in the past month, with a similar proportion falling behind on energy bills and debt payments.
