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While the UK is struggling with political instability,
英国目前正陷于政治不稳定的处境当中，
the economic instability is becoming increasingly worrying for average households as the impact of rising inflation looms over both the economy and of course public spending.
而随着日益加剧的通货膨胀困扰着经济和公共支出，经济不稳定也令普通家庭越来越担忧。
As the UK's cost-of-living crisis deepens, new data released by the Food Foundation charity says millions of people are forced to skip meal,
随着英国生活成本危机的加剧，慈善机构“食品基金会”发布的新数据显示，数百万人被迫少吃几顿饭，
and in some cases, people are not eating for the entire day.
在某些情况下，人们甚至一整天都不吃东西。
Data suggests nearly 1 in 5 low-income families experienced food insecurity in September.
数据显示，9月份，近五分之一的低收入家庭经历了粮食不安全。
This means more people went hungry than during the first weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown.
这意味着，相比新冠肺炎疫情封锁后的头几周，挨饿的人变得更多了。
According to the Foundation's latest tracker, hunger levels have doubled since January, with nearly 10 million adults and 4 million children unable to eat regular meals last month.
根据该基金会的最新追踪数据，自1月份以来，饥饿程度翻了一番，上个月有近1000万成年人和400万儿童无法正常进餐。
This has prompted calls for stronger measures to protect vulnerable households.
这促使人们呼吁采取更强有力的措施来保护弱势家庭。
The measures included demands for free school meals to be made available to an extra 800,000 children.
这些措施包括要求额外向80万名儿童提供免费的学校餐。
And several activists have also condemned the government's refusal to rule out real-terms cuts to benefits.
一些活动人士也对英国政府拒绝排除实际削减福利的可能性进行了谴责。
According to the Food Foundation charity, last month, more than 18 percent of UK households said they had reduced the size of their meals,
根据慈善机构食品基金会的数据，上个月，有超过18%的英国家庭表示他们减少了饭量，
11 percent of households reported not eating despite being hungry, and 6 percent said they'd not eaten for a whole day.
11%的英国家庭称尽管饿了也不吃东西，6%的家庭称他们有过一整天都没吃东西的情况。
Meanwhile, a joint statement by organizations representing more than 2,000 UK food banks says they are struggling to meet "unprecedented" demand.
与此同时，代表2000多家英国食品银行的组织发表的一份联合声明称，他们正在努力满足“前所未有”的需求。
