Just because famine no longer exists doesn&#x27;t mean people aren&#x27;t having to worry about putting food on the table. In the UK over a million people had to visit emergency food banks last year[1], compared to only 125,000 in 2012. Hospitals are seeing such levels of malnourishment that they have started discreetly giving away food parcels to patients[2]. It&#x27;s estimated that up to 40% of patients admitted to UK hospitals are malnourished and the number of people admitted to hospital specifically because of malnutrition has risen dramatically in the last year.<p>If you are wanting to suggest that this is due political decisions rather than a famine or overall lack of food then yes that is true, but it doesn&#x27;t change the fact that there are a lot of people in the UK struggling to feed themselves and their children.<p>What&#x27;s happening in Asia or Africa isn&#x27;t particularly relevant to the level of political engagement in the UK, which is what this discussion is about. That fact that things are getting worse in the UK while improving in much poorer countries just makes the situation even less excusable.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.trusselltrust.org&#x2F;foodbank-projects" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.trusselltrust.org&#x2F;foodbank-projects</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;society&#x2F;2015&#x2F;oct&#x2F;28&#x2F;nhs-hospital-tameside-food-parcels-patients-risk-malnutrition" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;society&#x2F;2015&#x2F;oct&#x2F;28&#x2F;nhs-hospital-...</a>