Key Points

• Food insecurity is when a person lacks regular access to enough safe and nutritious food for normal growth and development and an active and healthy life.
• The report says 3.7 million households experienced food insecurity in the last 12 months which is a 3 per cent increase on last year.
• Foodbank Chief Executive Brianna Casey says the cost-of-living crisis is now so severe that having a job no longer provides a guarantee against going hungry.