TWO million people are now so deep in poverty that they are skipping meals and even going without food for a day, foodbank charity the Trussell Trust has revealed.

New research by the organisation, published today, shows that the cost-of-living crisis is forcing families into hunger even before next month’s government-approved 80 per cent rise in energy prices takes effect.

The trust said the crisis was having a “devastating impact on people forced to survive on the lowest incomes.”