It predicted food insecurity figures were likely to get worse over the next few months as inflation continues to rise and the full impact of April’s national insurance rise hits family budgets along with the lifting of the energy price cap.
该机构预计，随着通胀继续上升，以及4月份国民保险上调的全面影响，以及能源价格上限的取消，食品不安全数据可能在未来几个月变得更糟。
Anna Taylor, the foundation’s executive director, said: “The extremely rapid rise in food insecurity since January points to a catastrophic situation for families. Food insecurity puts families under extreme mental stress and forces people to survive on the cheapest calories, which lead to health problems.”
该基金会执行董事安娜·泰勒表示：“自1月份以来，粮食不安全状况急剧恶化，这对家庭来说是一场灾难。粮食不安全使家庭面临极端的精神压力，迫使人们依靠最便宜的卡路里生存，这导致了健康问题。”
Prof Sir Michael Marmot, a public health expert at University College London, said: “If one household in seven is food insecure, society is failing in a fundamental way. These figures on food insecurity are all the more chilling because the problem is soluble, but far from being solved it is getting worse.”
授伦敦大学学院的公共卫生专家迈克尔·马尔莫教表示：“如果七分之一的家庭没有粮食保障，那么这个社会就从根本上失败了。这些有关粮食不安全的数据更令人心寒，因为问题是可以解决的，但远远没有解决，反而还越来越糟。”
There is little expectation that ministers will raise benefits or expand free school meals anytime soon, despite rising public concern over the cost of living. Last week, George Eustice, the environment, food and rural affairs secretary, urged consumers to switch to value brands to save on grocery spending in response to rising food prices.
尽管公众对生活成本的担忧不断上升，但大臣们不太可能在短期内提高福利或扩大免费学校供餐。上周，英国环境、食品和农村事务大臣乔治·尤斯蒂斯敦促消费者转向重视品牌的真正价值，以节省食品杂货支出，以应对食品价格上涨。
“Bless him [Eustice], he’s actually aware there are cheaper brand foods in the world. The poor man, who has lived such a sheltered life he thought 10p off a tin of beans would solve the problem,” said Kathleen Kerridge, an office manager and food activist from Portsmouth.
朴茨茅斯的办公室经理和食品活动家凯思琳·凯瑞吉说：“上帝保佑他（尤斯蒂斯），他真的知道世界上还有更便宜的品牌食品。这个可怜的人，一直过着被庇护的生活，他觉得只要一罐豆子便宜10便士就能解决这个问题。”
On the food poverty frontline, charities are warning that demand for food is rising as budgets get tighter. Ellen-Scarlett Ryan, of Bassetlaw food bank in Worksop, said it supplied 24 households with food parcels on the day after Easter last month, way ahead of its previous record of 16.
在食品贫困的前线，慈善机构警告说，随着预算越来越紧张，对食品的需求正在上升。沃克尔索普市巴塞特劳食品银行的艾伦-斯嘉丽·瑞恩表示，他们在上个月复活节后的第二天向24个家庭提供了食品包裹，远远超过此前16个家庭的记录。
Many of these clients had never before used food banks and were struggling with their newfound reliance on charity to feed their families, Ryan said. “We are finding people in floods of tears. They are so scared, they are at their wits’ end. It is such a difficult and emotional time.”
瑞安说，这些对象中有许多人以前从未使用过食品银行，他们正在努力适应新的依赖慈善机构来养活家人的生活。“我们发现人们泪流满面。他们太害怕了，束手无策。这是一段非常困难和令人悲伤的时期。”
Households were making the food go further, she said, putting smaller portions on the table and bulking out dishes with lentils and rice. A growing number were asking for food that did not require cooking with the gas on, as they could not afford to put cash in the meter.
她说，各家各户都在进一步处理食物，餐桌上的份量更少，盘子里的小扁豆和米饭更多。越来越多的人要求吃不需要开着煤气烹饪的食物，因为他们负担不起往气表里充现金。
On Monday Keith Anderson, the chief executive of Scottish Power, said a fresh support package would be vital before a further dramatic increase in the cost of gas and electricity bills due in October.
苏格兰电力公司首席执行官基思·安德森周一表示，在预期10月份的天然气和电费进一步大幅上涨之前，出台一项新的支持方案至关重要。
A government spokesperson said: “We recognise the pressures on the cost of living and we are doing what we can to help, including spending £22bn across the next financial year to support people with energy bills and cut fuel duty.
一位政府发言人表示：“我们认识到生活成本方面的压力，我们正在尽我们所能提供帮助，包括在下一个财政年度支出220亿英镑，以支持人们的能源账单，并削减燃料税。
“For the hardest hit, we’re putting an average of £1,000 more per year into the pockets of working families on universal credit, have also boosted the minimum wage by more than £1,000 a year for full-time workers and our household support fund is there to help with the cost of everyday essentials.”
“对于遭受最严重打击的那些群体，我们每年向工薪家庭平均增加1000英镑的通用信贷，同时将全职工人的最低工资提高了1000英镑以上，并且我们用来帮助支付日常必需品费用的家庭支持基金已经就位。”
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