Originally posted on alittleecon:
Two things over the weekend reminded me of a chapter from Robert
Tressell’s “Ragged Trousered Philanthropists” called “Facing the
‘Problem’. Both are related to the increasing proliferation of food
banks. Firstly, t
here was a varying reaction
to the news that the Trussell Trust had given an emergency food parcel
to almost a million people over the last year. The DWP reacted quite
angrily, accusing the Trussell Trust of being “publicity-seeking” and
that the increase was purely a result of them “aggressively marketing
their services”, but David Cameron actually seems quite pleased with the
expansion of food banks, saying he wanted them to expand. Secondly, The
Mail on Sunday decided to do a hatchet job on food banks in an article
entitled
“No ID, no checks… and vouchers for sob stories: The truth behind those shock food bank claims”
. The article gives the strong impression that most food bank uses…
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