Source: Express.co.uk, March 20,2011
By Lucy Johnston

THE desperate plight of children in Britain being forced to rely on food parcels to survive is today revealed by the Sunday Express.

Government cutbacks, rising unemployment and soaring food prices are forcing a growing number of families to miss meals, eat badly or go hungry. In one heartbreaking case a 10-year-old boy was arrested for stealing food to feed his two younger ­sisters.

While some children are short of food, far more are severely deprived of essential nutrients because they are relying on cheap junk food.

Nutrition expert Professor Philip James said: “The rate of malnutrition is reaching astonishing levels. Children are being denied fresh foods because families cannot afford to buy them.

“On their poor diets, by early adolescence these malnourished youngsters will be affected by premature diabetes and early signs of underlying heart disease.

“The bone health of these youngsters is under threat and doctors are seeing increasing cases of rickets.”

On Friday the Sunday Express joined volunteers offering food packages to families in some of the most deprived parts of the country.

Food Bank outlets across Britain offer a lifeline for many, with some of the parcels being handed out originally intended for the poor of Romania and Bulgaria.

Food Bank manager Marla Naiker said: “We have people who will walk miles to pick up a parcel. They are desperate.”

Our special report follows the publication of a study last week which revealed England has higher child poverty rates than other developed European countries. Seven of the top 10 most deprived areas are in London.

One mother from Tower Hamlets in east London was recently given money by the charity School Home Support as she had no money to feed her six-year-old son. Judith Sabah, who helps run the charity, said: “We gave £150 – otherwise the child would have had nothing to eat.”

Last month a 10-year-old boy was arrested for stealing food in Newton Heath, Manchester. Police discovered he had been forced into crime to get food for his sisters aged three and five.

Our inquiries found many of the parents who qualified for food rations had been forced to skip meals. Jacqueline Robinson, 40, a mother of four from Cardiff, said: “I’m struggling now. I’m robbing Peter to pay Paul with these increases that are going to happen, and I’m really scared.”

Shirley Hodkinson, 32, from Manchester, often goes without meals to make sure her four children, aged 14, 10, eight and seven, have something to eat. She said: “I break down regularly thinking how I’m going to manage.”

In some parts of Tower Hamlets almost 60 per cent of children are living in households surviving on less than £11 a day per family member, according to the Campaign to End Child Poverty.

Manchester, Islington and Birmingham are close behind, with almost half of youngsters classified as deprived.

Professor James expressed concern at further cutbacks in the nation’s poorest areas.

The former Government adviser on nutrition said: “How will places like these cope where the Government is making some of the biggest cuts to local authority budgets and it is predicted food prices will rise further?

“The Prime Minister said he would protect society’s most vulnerable. This is exactly the opposite of protection.”

The lack of sustenance has led to a rise in health problems previously linked with Victorian Britain. More than 20 cases of rickets are diagnosed every year in Newcastle alone. Anaemia and skin disorders associated with a lack of nutrients are also rising.

The Institute of Fiscal Studies warns that absolute child poverty is set to rise from 2013.

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Comment by Anti Oligarch on March 27, 2011 at 12:07pm

I don't know how and why people can't see the truth. We're watching genocides taking place everywhere. When you leave people without food and basic medical care you're convicting them to slow, or not so slow, death no matter how it's being presented by the media.

Only excuse, according to governments is that they have to pay the bankers for the money they didn't even print, it's all digital, but thay borrowed at interest.

Please look up the real meaning of the word "jubilee".

Comment by Nikki on March 23, 2011 at 8:53pm
Downright Dickensian. There's gardens everywhere in the UK, where's the food going?

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