Over 21,000 Crawley residents eating less or skipping meals as food inflation remains in double digits

Analysis from Crawley Labour reveals 21,345 people in Crawley are skipping meals or eating less thanks to the deepening cost of living crisis.

The analysis, based on Resolution Foundation research, comes as ONS figures shows food inflation remains at a staggering 14.9% – its fastest pace in 40 years.

A Labour Government would be helping families with the cost of living crisis through a council tax freeze for this year, paid for with a proper windfall tax on oil and gas giants.

Publishing the analysis, Labour’s Peter Lamb said,

“The cost of living crisis is getting deeper and deeper and families in Crawley are paying the price. Almost a fifth of us have now been forced to skip meals or eat less – that is a disgrace, yet our out of touch government is asleep at the wheel The Tories helped get us in to this mess by crashing the economy, but Labour will get us out of it.

“A Labour government would support local families with a council tax freeze this year – fully funded through a proper windfall tax on the bumper profits of oil and gas giants, and a clear mission to get Britain’s economy growing at the fastest rate on the G7 – making every part of the country better off.”