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Rise in Britons saying they skip

meals or go hungry

SOME MORE people in the UK struggling to buy food has risen
are struggling to afford to eat by 57% in three months.
every day as food prices rise, ac- Nearly 14% of survey respond-
cording to research by charity the ents said they or someone in
Food Foundation. their household had eaten small-
Around one in seven adults er meals or skipped meals be-
live in homes where people have cause they were not able to afford
skipped meals, reduced meal siz- it during the past month. This
es or gone hungry, an online sur- was up from 8.8% of the survey
vey suggested. respondents in January.
Morrisons rescues McColl's Food has become more expen- Anna Taylor, executive director
sive as producers push their ris- of the Food Foundation said the
SUPERMARKET group Morri- mediately sold to Morrisons. ing energy costs on to consumers. situation is "rapidly turning from
sons has won a battle to rescue Mc- Rob Lewis, joint administrator and Prices are rising by 7% a year in an economic crisis to a health cri-
Coll's, the convenience store and partner at PwC, said the deal provid- the UK - the highest rate for 30 sis" which food banks should not
newsagent chain, and taken on all ed "much needed certainty to McCo- years. "possibly be expected to solve".
16,000 staff members. ll's 16,000 staff after a period of un- The Bank of England has "The government needs to re-
Morrisons beat a rival offer from derstandable concern". warned inflation might reach alise the boat is sinking for many
EG Group, the petrol station empire, The threat of McColl's going into 10% within months, as the rising families and it needs to be fixed.
owned by the billionaire Issa broth- administration had raised fears that prices of fuel and food put pres- Bailing out with emergency food
ers. if a buyer was not found there could sure on household budgets. parcels is not going to work," she
Morrisons will pay off McColl's be UK-wide store closures and job The Food Foundation also said added.
£170m debts and take on its 1,160 losses. that people had increasingly opt- A government spokesman said: ting an average of £1,000 more
shops and pension schemes, with Morrisons' first offer was knocked ed to take more cold food from "We recognise the pressures on per year into the pockets of work-
2,000 members. back and the Issa brothers looked food banks because of fears that the cost of living and we are do- ing families on Universal Credit,
The supermarket's boss said the close to clinching the deal. cooking items would increase ing what we can to help, includ- have also boosted the minimum
deal offered stability and continuity The companies battled it out over their energy costs. ing spending £22bn across the wage by more than £1,000 a year
for the business, its staff and pen- the weekend. Morrisons matched The research by YouGov saw next financial year to support for full-time workers and our
sioners. EG Group's offer to pay off McColl's 10,674 adults surveyed online people with energy bills and cut Household Support Fund is there
McColl's was put into administra- debts in full and straight away and between April 22 and 29. fuel duty. to help with the cost of everyday
tion by PwC on Monday and was im- take on all its stores and staff. It found the number of people "For the hardest hit, we're put- essentials."