Britons 'Skipping Meals Due to Money Worries'
30 07 08 - 12:26 Many households have been hit so hard by rising food prices that they are skipping meals, a new survey reported in the Sun newspaper shows.Barclays and children's charity NCH released a joint survey yesterday, which found that 12 percent of people have gone hungry in this way recently - a figure which goes up to 19 percent among vulnerable low-income groups.
Rising food and energy prices have been the primary drivers behind increases to the government's own inflation benchmark, the Consumer Price Index. This rate has risen to 3.8 percent on its most recent monthly reading: a full 1.8 percent above target.
In addition, recent research from pollsters ICM shows that families with two or three children have seen their food bills increase by 21 percent over the last 12 months.
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