According to Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s 2022 UK Poverty report, more than a fifth of its population (22%) are in poverty. That’s 14.5 million people.
Of these, 8.1 million are working-age adults, 4.3 million are children and 2.1 million are pensioners.
Of the working-age adults, the report noted that lone parents are by far the most likely of any family type to be struggling with poverty.
To illustrate the issue, the BBC recently did a piece on one of them, Rebeccah, who works as a nurse in Leicester. In it, the woman explained that she simply cannot afford enough food for her three children and herself, so she sometimes goes without.
Rebeccah said the rising cost of living has pushed her close to breaking point, but she is trying to find ways to cope, including accepting donated groceries from neighbors.
But Kevin Edger, a man from London, who calls himself a conservative and a political enthusiast, thinks Rebeccah and those alike can solve everything by eating plain pasta.
A few days ago, a conservative political enthusiast from London, England, said struggling families should just live on plain pasta
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But writer Jack Monroe, who is also known for campaigning against poverty, broke down this claim to show how absurd it actually is
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Monroe finished with strong words
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And people couldn’t agree with her more
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Some even shared their own personal struggles
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