Costlier food pushes UK families to edge, charity says

Fast-rising prices for food and other essentials left around 4.7 million United Kingdom residents struggling to feed themselves and their families last month, said a major charity.

The Food Foundation said on Monday the 8.8 percent of UK adults who experienced food insecurity during January was 20 percent more than for the total six months earlier, when 3.9 million people had difficulty stocking their larders.

The foundation also said things will get worse in the coming months, as a once-in-a-generation "triple whammy" of hits to living standards plays out.