On the Table
Foodbanks are in the news today, not for the first time in the election campaign. Food poverty has become a litmus test for the Government’s record on the economy and welfare reform, so attention will no doubt focus on the...
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Food for thought
It’s little surprise that it was a question about food banks that kicked off last night’s leaders’ debate. The ‘food bank question’ has become a litmus test for a number of issues which occupy the top spots in the pre-election...
An unpalatable truth
Figures released today by the Trussell Trust show that almost 1 million food parcels – 913,138 – were handed out by its food bank network in the last year, compared to 347,000 the previous year; 51% of these were handed out to new clients....