Millions of Britons are skipping meals due to rising costs in the UK, including for food that pushed inflation above 10% in the country last month, according to a survey by Which? released Thursday. Half of UK households are cutting back on the number of meals, writes Which?, according to the results of a survey of nearly 3,000 people.
A similar proportion say that they find it difficult to eat healthy compared to before the crisis, and opt for prepared meals to reduce the use of gas or electricity. 80% of respondents say they are experiencing financial difficulties. Many are now depriving themselves of all the delights to buy only the essentials.
energy poverty
The British consumer association had already warned on Wednesday that millions of British households were also at risk of ending up in energy poverty and, therefore, of not being able to heat themselves adequately this winter, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer considerably shortened the duration of an energy cap. bills.
Before Liz Truss finally resigned, Jeremy Hunt had effectively canceled much of the budget measures announced in late September by his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng, mixing massive support for energy spending for homes and businesses with outright tax cuts. Financed by debt in the middle of a wave of inflation and without quantifying, they had unleashed a storm in the markets.
Jeremy Hunt had thus reduced energy support to households to six months from two years earlier, while gas prices have skyrocketed for a year, especially since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. At 10.1% a year in September, British inflation is the highest of the G7 countries and is at its highest point in forty years.
Source: BFM TV
