Sustain / Food Poverty / What are the steps that local authorities can take to reduce food poverty beyond the foodbank?
Ensuring low-income families have adequate access to childcare
High childcare costs have a critical bearing on low-income families’ ability to meet household expenses, stay in work or engage in the training they need to escape poverty, including food poverty. Local authorities have a statutory duty to secure sufficient childcare provision for the needs of working parents in their area. Local authorities may also choose to fund some kind of food provision as part of the local free childcare entitlement.
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Food Poverty: Over 8 million people in the UK struggle to get enough to eat. Sustain is working with communities, third-sector organisations, local authorities and government, aiming to make sure everyone can eat well.
