The run on British food banks

The government's record on 'food poverty' has come under scrutiny following calls to cut state spending.

Just days after George Osborne was accused of taking Britain back to the 1930s, the coalition's "record on food poverty" has come under scrutiny, says The Times.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said that the nature of hunger he has encountered in Britain shocks him more than anything he has witnessed in Africa; the Trussell Trust reports that food bank use is increasing sharply; and a report by the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Hunger in the UK has called for a new publicly funded body, Feeding Britain, to roll out a number of measures, including state-backed food banks.

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