Charities are demanding a parliamentary inquiry into poverty as a new report reveals that more than half a million people in the UK are hungry and turning to emergency food aid.
A report published today by Church Action on Poverty and Oxfam reveals that welfare reforms introduced on April 1 by the government have increased the use of food banks.
The government’s austerity programme aims to cut roughly £19bn a year from benefits for working-age claimants.
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