More than 9 million Britons vulnerable to reliance on food banks, research finds
by Patrick Butler Social policy editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6RAYJ)
One million more people are in what Trussell charity defines as hunger and hardship' than five years ago
More than 9 million people in the UK experience levels of poverty and hunger so extreme they are vulnerable to reliance on charity food handouts, according to research.
A report by the charity Trussell found Labour would fail to deliver its manifesto promise to remove the moral scar" of food banks unless it tackled low household incomes in this group, which amounted to one in seven of the population.
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