10.5% of Working Parents Skip Meals to Pay Rent

An estimated 880,000 working parents in England have resorted to skipping meals in the past year to cover their mortgage or rent, according to research from Shelter. The charity said that 10.5% of working adults with children said they or their partner had missed meals in the past 12 months to help pay for their home, equating to 880,000 parents if the figures were projected across the country. Working parents with children aged under 18 were asked about steps they took over the past year in order to meet their housing costs. The charity also found that 37% of working parents were cutting back on buying food in an effort to help pay their rent or mortgage, equating to 3 million parents across England. Read more on the Guardian website.