"The number of children needing foster care has surged by 44% during the pandemic

The number of people out of work and claiming work-related benefits in the UK jumped 23% to 2.8 million last month

This number is more than double what it was at the beginning of March

Number of people looking to become carers has dropped by 50%

"There's been a 21% rise in alcohol sales during the lockdown period

Black people are 1.9 times as likely to die as white people

"The number of people out of work and claiming work-related benefits in the UK jumped 23% to 2.8 million last month

This number is more than double what it was at the beginning of March

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2.6 million children living with a parent drinking hazardously, and 705,000 living with a dependent drinker

"A recent study of more than 2,000 people by the consumer group Which? found that one in 10 people were refused by shops when trying to purchase essential items with cash during the pandemic.

Approximately 1.2 million people living in the UK are unbanked – meaning they don’t have access to any bank account.

About 2.3 million people aged 70 or above don’t have an internet connection at home."

Of the 2,000 children with mental health conditions (the trust) spoke to, 83% said the coronavirus outbreak had made their mental health worse.

Experimental single-month estimates indicate a record decrease of approximately 60% of vacancies between March 2020 and May 2020.