The Trussell Trust's 2019 report reveal that the average weekly income people at food banks is only £50 after paying rent, and almost one in five have no money coming in at all in the month before being referred for emergency food.
Rules and processes used to decide who gets access to social housing could be failing people in greatest need, according to new research from the Chartered Institute of Housing.
The Chartered Institute of Housing and the Trussell Trust have commented on the Chancellor's silence on social security issues such as Universal Credit and the Local Housing Allowance.
Shelter says that if the government invested in a new generation of social homes, working families would not need to rely on housing benefit to keep a roof over their heads.
Britain is going into Brexit with half a million more children trapped in poverty, following a relentless rise in the number of working families struggling to make ends meet over the last five years. It means in a typical classroom of 30 children, nine are now living in poverty, says the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.