Almost 900,000 working parents in England have skipped meals in the last year in order to pay their rent or mortgage, new research claims.
A study by housing charity Shelter found more than one third (37%) of working parents were generally cutting back on buying food in a bid to help pay their rent or mortgage, equating to three million parents across England as a whole.
Nearly 900,000 working parents are skipping meals to help pay for the cost of housing, new research claims.
A study from housing charity Shelter found 10.5% of adults with children said they or their partner had avoided a meal to save money for their rent or mortgage.
According to the survey, more than one third (37%) of working parents were generally cutting back on buying food , equating to three million parents across England as a whole.
Some 13% of working parents surveyed, equating to 1.1 million parents across England, said they had put off buying their children new shoes, while 10%, or around 820,000 parents across the country, delayed buying their children a new school uniform in the last year so that they could pay their rent or mortgage.
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