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David Cameron's young sidekick claims families use food banks so they can spend cash in the pub.
I also found this part of the article interesting:-
During Prime Minister’s Questions on January 30, Labour's Dave Watts asked: “Why is the Prime Minister frightened to visit a food bank? Could it be that, if he visited one, he would see the heartless Britain that he is creating?”
Mr Cameron responded that food banks went up 10 fold under Labour, before adding that his local operation was set up “five years ago” before he was PM.
But Witney local Richard Mackenzie said the food bank was just over a year old.
Mr Mackenzie wrote: “He [the PM] also said he had just spoken to the man who runs it, but it’s run by a woman – and apparently, she’s never spoken to him. Did he intentionally mislead?”
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-camerons-young-sidekick-claims-1852193
Forgive me if I ponder for a moment as to whether a politician would say anything that was not the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth ;-)
I have absolutely no time or sympathy with the scroungers who have poured any money they had down the drain and then think others will subsidise them :-|
Having said that I do have concerns as there are people in this country who are facing real hardship through circumstances that are not entirely of their making.
My first concern is that many like David Cameron's sidekick, are always tarring everyone with the same brush, when will they realise that not all people in need of help are beer swilling scroungers :-|
My second concern is that the UK is in the top ten of the wealthiest countries in the world, so how is it that we have people in this country living below the breadline and having to rely on food banks to survive. this cannot be acceptable in this day and age :-|
The demand for food banks is on the increase, it is reported that new food banks are opening at a rate of three per week. One of the main reasons being stated by the main providers of food banks is laid at the door of The Department of Work and Pensions, they criticise the way the DWP "one size fits all" policies and also the incompetent handling of many claims which result in delays in the processing of claims which are leaving many more or less destitute.
I am not sure how food banks actually work, but I don't think that people can just walk in of the street and get food parcels or vouchers. I think they have to be referred by a social worker, a health worker, a doctor, and other organisations like Citizen Advice Bureau or their Job Centre.
Do you have a food bank near you and what do you think can be done to alleviate this situation?
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