Research from charity The Felix Project found almost a quarter of working parents have turned to emergency food support services in the past year - while 10% have sent kids to school hungry

Almost a quarter of working parents have been forced to turn to emergency food support services in the last year, according to grim new research.

Food redistribution charity The Felix Project found 10% of parents had also sent their child to be hungry at least once a week. And 9% said they had sent their kid to school knowing they were hungry.

The organisation surveyed 4,000 working parents with at least one child at home aged 16 and under. They found 23% have had to use a food bank - including one in four of them using the services every one or two weeks. READ MORE : Grim photos show seized taran

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