'So it's the people who are already struggling who are going to be really struggling for the most basic household essentials, the absolute bare bones of what you need to run a household.'
Anti-poverty campaigner Jack Monroe is calling for an inquiry into the UK's use of food banks
The food writer joined a panel speaking to the Work and Pensions Committee about the cost of living crisis. Mike Brewer, from independent thinktank the Resolution Foundation, called for an immediate uplift in Universal Credit.He also called for an increase in other benefits like pensions in the autumn.
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