Food banks ‘at breaking point’ with 320,000 first-time users
New research from the Trussell Trust shows record-breaking levels of need, with one in five individuals referred coming from working households.
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Foodbank founder steps down as a Tory councillor after seeing ‘detrimental’ effect party was having on people
“I just couldn’t stay in the Conservative party. I’d heard people crying and listened to them panicking."
Gordon Brown steps in to try to save Britain’s biggest food bank
The former prime minister wants to get the rich to donate their £150 Council Tax rebates to help those suffering.
Campaign launched to keep the lights on at Britain’s biggest food bank
"For some people, all they have is the food banks. If we all go, what the hell is going to be there to pick up the pieces?"