One in seven Britons faced hunger in 2022, says food bank charity

Volunteers at the charity Greenwich Foodbank, Jerald De-Great Aryee and Daniel Kennett-Brown, organise stocks of food before the items are dispatched to benefactors, at a storage facility in London, Britain, June 27 2023. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

LONDON (Reuters) - One in seven people in the United Kingdom faced hunger last year because they did not have enough money, according to a report published on Wednesday by food bank charity the Trussell Trust.

It said this equates to 11.3 million people, more than double the population of Scotland, and blamed a dysfunctional social security system, as well as a cost of living crisis that is showing little sign of easing.