Charities warn that over half a million children may face hunger during school holidays if the government's £1 billion local welfare crisis fund is not renewed.
Discontinuing the Household Support Fund could devastate the already threadbare safety net that supports tens of thousands of families at risk of destitution.
A report reveals that nearly a third of English local authorities, affecting 18 million people, would lose council-run local crisis support, compounding problems of poverty and deprivation.
With several food banks reliant on Household Support Fund grants to meet rising demands, its removal could drive them to insolvency as the cost-of-living crisis endures.
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