A QUARTER of working parents in London are struggling to feed their children, a charity has warned. 

And one in nine have less than a £3 a day to spend on food amid high inflation and the cost-of-living crisis, the Felix Project warned.

Its survey of more than 2,000 working parents in the capital revealed 14 per cent of respondents have turned to a food support service such as a foodbank for the first time in the last year.

Chief executive Charlotte Hill said: “We know there is a huge demand for food support services: every single one of the charities we support wants more food and there are over 650 new organisations on our waiting list that we cannot help.

“These numbers are heartbreaking and really bring home the dire need among working families.

“That’s why we’ve launched our Empty Plate emergency appeal today — we urgently need more funding to get food to struggling families across London.”

Shane Dorsett, director of operations at the charity, said: “People who have never used food service organisations before are these days showing up.”

“People who go to work every day — sometimes they have more than one job — are now using foodbanks.”

Mum-of-two Wendy Lam-Vechi told BBC London her husband’s job in IT used to support the whole family before their mortgage and living costs increased.

“I always thought to be in this current situation I would have to be homeless or both of us not working, but my husband is actually earning an average salary,” she said.

“There are foodbanks, but in order to get one, you have to apply and there’s not an easy way of getting it.”