The number of people using emergency supplies from food banks in Britain has increased by 163 percent in the past year alone, a charity warns.
Orwellian UK BANNED Press TV: The Trussell Trust, which runs some 400 food banks across the UK, said on Wednesday that the number of food parcels given out last year by the charity alone nearly tripled from 346,992 to 913,138.
The Trust's chairman Chris Mould described the figures as "shocking in 21st century Britain,” adding, the statistics are “just the tip of the iceberg of UK food poverty.”
Over 80 percent of the food banks blamed harsher benefit sanctions in the last twelve months for the rise in the number of people being referred for emergency food.
The publication of the charity’s report coincided with a letter from a number of religious leaders calling on the British government to tackle a "national crisis" of rising hunger and food poverty.
More than 40 bishops and 600 faith leaders signed the letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and Labour leader Ed Miliband, asking them to address the problem of low wages and rising food prices.
Earlier in February, 27 of the 59 Church of England bishops accused the coalition government of creating hardship and hunger for people, saying the welfare cuts have left so many reliant on food banks across the UK.
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The Trust's chairman Chris Mould described the figures as "shocking in 21st century Britain,” adding, the statistics are “just the tip of the iceberg of UK food poverty.”Over 80 percent of the food banks blamed harsher benefit sanctions in the last twelve months for the rise in the number of people being referred for emergency food.
The publication of the charity’s report coincided with a letter from a number of religious leaders calling on the British government to tackle a "national crisis" of rising hunger and food poverty.
More than 40 bishops and 600 faith leaders signed the letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and Labour leader Ed Miliband, asking them to address the problem of low wages and rising food prices.
Earlier in February, 27 of the 59 Church of England bishops accused the coalition government of creating hardship and hunger for people, saying the welfare cuts have left so many reliant on food banks across the UK.
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