One in 7 Britons skipping meals in cost of living crisis, says TUC

The TUC general secretary, Frances O'Grady, with her deputy, Paul Nowak, who will succeed her in January 2023, in Brighton for the TUC Congress. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

One in seven people in the UK are skipping meals or going without food, according to new polling data released by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

The data from an MRP poll by Opinium reveals that more than half of British people are cutting back on heating, hot water and electricity in the cost of living squeeze, and one in 12 have missed the payment of a household bill.