More people 'rely on food banks'
More than half a million people are now reliant on food banks, charities said as they called on MPs to investigate the impact of benefit cuts.
Government must 'wake up to human cost' of hunger
The Government must "wake up to the human cost" of their economic policies, shadow environment secretary Mary Creagh aid today, after a new report revealed that more than half a million people were using food banks.
Ms Creagh said: "The UK is the seventh richest country in the world yet we face a growing epidemic of hidden hunger with people increasingly unable to meet their family's basic needs.
"These shocking figures show the extent of poverty in the UK, with half a million people now relying on emergency food parcels for help."
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