And yet the UK government has billions of pounds for war in The Ukraine ????????
When her sons ask for snacks she can no longer afford, Aislinn Corey in London, lays down a blanket on the floor and plays “the picnic game.” She takes an apple collected from her preschool’s food bank and slices it in thirds to be shared. “We do it as an activity...so they don’t know that mummy is struggling.” She says dinners are often reduced to “pasta pasta pasta,” and she sometimes skips the meal entirely so there is more food for her children.
As the cost of groceries and heating homes have hit records signs of distress are everywhere. The BBC has published dozens of online recipes costing less than a pound, or about $1.23, per portion. Some schools have turned down their heaters and many communities have opened “warm spaces” — heated public rooms for people with cold homes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/world/europe/uk-cost-of-living-children.html