"It is our opinion that the UK has violated the human right to food and breached international law. This state of affairs is both avoidable and unnecessary. We call on the Government to take immediate action to ensure that the no one in the UK is denied their most basic right to sufficient and adequate food,” the common statement saysA public vigil was held opposite Parliament at 6pm on 16 April 2014 by members of the End Hunger Fast campaign. Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner, Senior Rabbi at Movement for Reform Judaism were among those presentThe Barrow-Cadbury trust has backed the report 'Going Hungry? The Human Right to Food in the UK', from the new Just Fair Consortium, which was launched recentlyThis sets out the situation facing those on the breadline in austerity Britain, and the case for change The UK government and the Department of Work and Pensions are continuing to deny that there is a problem, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Simon Barrow, co-director of the Christian think-tank Ekklesia, said: "The growing gap between the UK government's complacent rhetoric about positive economic indicators and the demonstrable reality of food poverty points towards the need for a change of heart as well as policy in Britain today. Read more here