By Save the Children (September 2012)
The report finds that parents choose to go hungry in order to feed their children, missing regular hot meals, unable to afford warm coats and new shoes and suffering enormous emotional strain. The charity highlights children’s – as well as parents’ – experiences living in recession-hit Britain and the extent to which poverty is blighting young lives. 1 in 8 of the poorest children in the UK go without at least 1 hot meal a day, and 1 in 10 of the UK’s poorest parents have cut back on food for them to make sure their children have enough to eat, the report reveals.