Foodbank Britain: 500,000 food parcels in just five months
2016 set to break records as Trussell Trust blames benefit cuts
2016 set to break records as Trussell Trust blames benefit cuts
The Trussell Trust estimates that between April and September, approximately 298,000 people visited foodbanks
The social safety net has failed when parents are unable to feed their children
More coverage for the royal foetus as the disgrace of foodbanks is dropped down the memory hole
The Trussell Trust says that 400,000 children were referred to foodbanks in 2014
A sanction now lasts a minimum of four weeks and can be as long as three years
The Tories are trying to discredit food banks because the alternative would be to accept that their policies are creating poverty.
The government is citing out of date figures in an attempt to wriggle out of its food bank shame, writes James Bloodworth.
Almost one million people had to rely on a food bank for emergency food aid in the past year.
David Cameron refuses to say during PMQs whether he supports Michael Gove’s views on foodbanks in reply to a question from Labour MP Luciana Berger.