❗ Families are having to choose between putting the heating on or food on the table. Parents are skipping meals. People are terrified of rising bills. It's so wrong. We desperately need a social security system that protects us when we need it most.

❗️3.8 MILLION children are facing hunger in the UK. And the biggest driver? The two-child benefit cap. This cruel policy restricts support for families on a low income to their first 2 kids.

Cutting disability support doesn’t help disabled people into work. Disabled people need accessible jobs and compassionate support 💚

Food banks provide help when people need it most. But real change means ending the need for them altogether. Repost if you agree 💚

In the last 5 years... 🔥 Gas has risen by 67% 🥫 Food by 37% ⚡ Electric by 51% But average earnings have risen by JUST 34%.

🚨 Today we at @turn2us.org.uk are in parliament to launch our new report and campaign to #StopTheStigma and fix the system. Almost all of us will need our social security system at some point in our lives, but our society's distrust of claimants has been baked into its policies and practice...(1/6)

❗ More children are being pushed to food banks each day because of the two-child limit. No child should know what a food bank is, let alone need one. Ask your MP to write to the Chancellor to remove the two-child limit now 👉 bit.ly/4ovyIAj

🚨 NEW: Ending the two-child limit would lift 470,000 children out of severe hardship. It’s the simplest way to protect families from needing to turn to food banks just to survive. Email your MP to call on the Chancellor to end this cruel policy 👉 https://bit.ly/4ovyIAj

❗ Some essential things that we all need to live decent lives, but too many people are sadly going without. A thread...🧵

❗ The two-child limit is pushing families to food banks. This policy is cruel. And it's time to end it. Email your MP to call on the Chancellor to end the two-child limit 👉 https://bit.ly/4ovyIAj

Parents under the two-child limit aren’t asking for luxuries. They’re asking: - Which child will get new school shoes? - Do I put the heating on or food on the table? - Can I just have a cup of tea for dinner tonight so the kids can eat instead?

This #WorldFoodDay here's a stark reminder of how much the price of food has risen in the UK in the last 5 years...

❗️You wouldn’t turn away a sick child from the hospital or stop them going to school. Yet the two-child limit denies families the support they need to survive.

📈 Rents are soaring... 📉 but housing support isn't keeping up. This is leaving people facing homelessness, or living in cold, mouldy, unsafe homes. It's so wrong. We're calling for urgent action to properly support people to access the homes they need. 💚

This is how much the price of having a child has shot up in the past 5 years...🤯 🤱 Cost of parenting: +70% 🌈 Nursery costs: +20% 🧸 Toys and games: +9% 🍦 Cost of an ice cream: +42%

No one should have to live in a mouldy home. But the price of rents has absolutely shot up in the last 5 years, and Clare’s experiences are sadly all too common. This isn’t right. Everyone should be able to access warm, safe and affordable housing. 💚

Over HALF of people turning to food banks are struggling with a mental health problem. Worrying about money isn't just numbers. It's the sleepless nights, stress and emotional toll that comes with facing hardship. #WorldMentalHealthDay

We see comments like this all the time. But the thing is, lots of people who need food banks HAVE JOBS. Bills are rising, rent is sky-high – and wages just don’t cover it all. Even when income is topped up by Universal Credit, people still don’t have enough money to survive.

Every day the two-child limit pushes 109 children into hunger. The UK gov PROMISED to end the need for emergency food. So we're backing@savechildrenuk.bsky.social to greet MPs to the Labour Party Conference with a message they cannot miss. 👀

As they arrive at the Labour Party Conference, we're greeting Keir Starmer and his MPs with a message that demands a screen bigger than 21,000 mobile phones*: "What was the point of winning the general election if not to lift kids out of poverty?" 1/3

Reasons why people have to turn to food banks: - They don’t have enough money to buy food - They lost their job or it doesn’t pay enough - A family member passed away - They got sick or are disabled - Their fridge, car, or washing machine broke

Imagine landing an interview for your dream job. But you don't own a laptop, and you can’t afford internet or phone data – all of which are essential when so many interviews are online. People receiving Universal Credit are plunged into impossible situations like this every day. It’s not right.

Ending the need for food banks in the UK is possible. 🎤 We asked one of our experts - Research Manager, Alex - to explain how we get there ⤵️

This MP called out a policy that’s hurting kids every day. Why won’t the government act?

❗ ICYMI: Over 14 MILLION people faced hunger across UK last year. People don’t have enough money to survive. We live in one of the richest countries in the world – how can this be happening?!

🚨 NEW: More than two million households plan to avoid turning on their central heating this winter over fears of soaring energy bills, a new survey has found. We speak to families across the UK every week who tell us they simply cannot afford to put the heating on. 1/3

This is how much the price of food has risen in 5 years... 🤯 🥛Milk, eggs and cheese: +47% 🍖 Meat: +35% 🧈 Oil and butter: +60% 🍞 Cereal and bread: +34% 🍓 Fruit: +26% 🥦 Vegetables: +35%

PSA: there’s more people facing hunger in the UK than the combined populations of London, Manchester and Glasgow.

🚨 A THIRD of people referred to food banks in our community are in households where someone works. Paid work is no longer enough to prevent people from needing a food bank...

The two-child limit is pushing children to hardship, punishing them for having siblings. If the UK government doesn't act, they risk forcing more families to food banks. Read more ⤵️ https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/poverty/2025/09/we-must-scrap-the-two-child-limit

❗ 14 MILLION people are facing hunger and hardship in the UK. In 2025. In one of the richest countries in the world. We don’t need more food banks – we need change. Repost if you agree.

Over 14 million people are facing hunger in the UK. We took this news straight to Parliament, and spoke to politicians, academics and charities about the changes we need to bring this dire number down. Together, we CAN create a future where no one needs to turn to a food bank to survive.

🚨 Hunger in the UK ISN’T about a lack of food. People are facing hunger because they don’t have enough money to survive. The basic rate of Universal Credit is just £92 a week, disability benefits are being cut, energy bills are going up and rents are sky high. It’s so wrong🧵

🚨 BREAKING: Over 14 million people faced hunger in the UK last year. That’s 2.5 million MORE people, compared to 3 years ago.

New vlog👇 @trusselluk.bsky.social research reveals shocking rise in the number of people facing hunger in the UK.

Couple of interesting charts from @TrussellUK Hunger in the UK research out today, digging into the ways in which work isn't protecting people from hunger. 1. Rates of food insecurity for people who have something negative happen at work, especially unpaid sick or carers leave:

Over 14 MILLION people faced hunger in the UK last year due to a lack of money. Our latest research shows: ‼️ 2.5m more people are facing hunger compared to 3 years ago 🚸 3.8m children faced hunger 💼 Nearly 1/3 of people referred to our food banks were in a household where someone's working

🚨 BREAKING: Over 14 million people faced hunger in the UK last year. That’s 2.5 million MORE people, compared to 3 years ago.

Despite having a full-time job, many people are having to turn to food banks just to get by. Rents are sky-high, our social security system isn't providing the support it should, and food prices have risen by a THIRD in 5 years. It doesn't have to be like this.

Good to see the Green Party's new leader - Zach Polanski - raising the issue that people are struggling to put food on the table. We CAN end hunger by ensuring everyone can access secure jobs and affordable homes, and updating our social security system. 📸credit: BBC Breakfast

“We're seeing more people trapped in severe and sustained poverty, turning to food banks because they have nowhere else to go" @helenbarnard.bsky.social 📝 The cross-party Poverty Strategy Commission report is out today. It would lift 4.2 million people out of poverty. 1/2

❗️NEW: scrapping the 2-child limit could lift 4 MILLION people out of poverty. Hunger and hardship impacts families, children, communities AND the UK’s economy. Tackling it is simply the right thing to do.

Great @mirror.co.uk piece today on the shocking finding from new @trusselluk.bsky.social research - people from ethnic minority groups almost twice as likely to face hunger. Buckle up for the full research out next week. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

New @trusselluk.bsky.social research finds c 1 in 4 people from ethnic minority backgrounds has faced hunger hunger. Almost twice the rate for people from white backgrounds. No one should be trapped in food insecurity.

❗ Parents are having to skip meals to pay for expensive school uniforms. A new school jumper could mean no food for a week. Back to school should be an exciting time - not a time when families are stressed out and facing hunger.

❗️If you have cancer, you should NEVER have to worry if you can afford food. Cuts to Universal Credit will be devastating for people who get diagnosed with cancer from April 2026.

🚨 Why are the numbers of people on Universal Credit higher? Here’s a thread to explain...

PM Keir Starmer said: ‘my ministers will leave no stone unturned to give every child the best start at life’ ❗️Scrapping the two-child limit in Universal Credit would lift 670,000 people out of severe hardship. THIS is a stone they need to turn over.

❗Scrapping the two-child limit would lift 670,000 people out of severe hardship. It would mean fewer families would need to turn to a food bank, and would give children a fairer start in life.

We're 'absolutely dreaming' of a UK where food banks are no longer needed. Food banks didn't used to exist, and we CAN go back to that time where everybody can afford the essentials. Read more from Sarah at Wandsworth Foodbank ⤵️ www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...