Liverpool West Derby MP Ian Byrne has launched the Right to Food UK Commission's final report in Parliament, setting out a 10-year roadmap intended to end household food insecurity by 2035.
The 222-page report calls for a Right to Food Act imposing enforceable duties across government and for a funded national programme with annual targets and independent monitoring.
Its immediate recommendations include universal free school meals, holiday food provision and community kitchens, alongside ending the five-week wait for Universal Credit.
The commission prices that opening package at about £7.8 billion: £6 billion for food provision and £1.8 billion for the Universal Credit change. Those figures are the commission's estimates, not government costings.
The report also cites evidence that around 14 million people face acute food insecurity and models the wider cost of poor diets at £298 billion in 2026. Both claims depend on the methodology and evidence used by the commission.
Byrne presented the report at Westminster with support from campaigners and the UN special rapporteur on the right to food. The government has not committed to the proposed legislation or spending package.
