Over one million emergency food parcels handed out to children for first time amid… [Video]

26 April 2023, 15:50 | Updated: 26 April 2023, 16:27

By Chris Samuel

Over one million emergency food parcels were given to children over the past year, according to figures from the UK’s largest food-bank provider.

It comes as households across the country come under extreme pressure due to soaring energy and food costs.

It’s meant people have been forced to use food-banks to get food or basics for a reduced cost or for free.

Trussell Trust CEO Emma Revie said: “It’s the first time that we’ve distributed over one million parcels for children – an awful first to have.”

The charity’s annual report found that there was a 37 percent increase in the number of food packages handed out to children and adults on the previous year, with one …