Have you started skipping meals to cut down on costs? Well, almost eight out of ten Londoners on a low income are skipping meals or going without essentials because of the cost of living crisis.
The charity says high food inflation, combined with inadequate support from Universal Credit, was trapping people in hardship.
Betty's Baby Bank was founded by Kathleen Heather, who started helping her community with food parcels in lockdown. "We don't discriminate; you can be working and be skint, you can be on benefits and be struggling," she said. "Without it, they'd be really struggling. They're struggling anyway but without it they'd be in trouble."
A spokesperson for the Department of Work and Pensions said the government was providing "record financial support to those who need it most, with a £94bn cost-of-living support package worth around £3,300 per household".
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