CRUEL benefit cuts and soaring living costs could mean 250,000 children go hungry this Christmas.
A worrying report from the Childhood Trust says one in five families it surveyed fear they will not be able to afford a turkey dinner - and thousands will go without presents.
Twenty-eight per cent of mums questioned said they have gone without food so their kids could eat.
Trust chief executive Laurence Guinness said he was “gravely concerned”.
He said: "The social and economic situation across fuel, food and support services will force families into making impossible decisions between feeding their child or keeping them warm.
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