The UK has one of the worst food poverty rates in Europe.

Eight million adults and three million children are going hungry or skipping meals because they cannot regularly afford to buy groceries in 2024, according to the Food Foundation.

11% of Staffordshire's population live in low income households, and some of the poorest wards of the region are in NewcastleunderLyme.

Since 2019, there has been a 113% increase in the amount of food parcels distributed by the Trussell Trust in NewcastleunderLyme.

We went there to understand the scale of the issue, and whether the people of Newcastle are optimistic about Labour's plans to address crippling food poverty.

Reporter: Seán Hickey
Camera: Harry Ainsworth

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