Food Banks Booming...
- 27 April 2012 11:42168623# 20 Have to agree this is a serious matter....and the food banks have doubled this year.120,000 families now rely on
them.The present economic policy can only increase this shameful situation.NB ..we still have 90% of deficit cuts to endure.. - 27 April 2012 11:48168625Saw a piece on television this morning about a mother struggling to feed her six children ... perhaps she should have thought about it before having six! And I wonder how many of the families who find it difficult to buy food have a large screen TV on the wall, and enjoy smoking and drinking. Just a thought.
- 27 April 2012 11:54168627people have to be recommended by health visitor/doctor/social worker and the like before they can claim their free food, that would rule out anyone that has spent all their income down the pub or betting shop waltzing in and claiming freebies.
- 27 April 2012 11:56168629Surely those who 'enjoy' smoking and drinking are doing their bit thereby to reduce the deficit and fund the lowering of the upper tax rate?
As far as the Large-Screen TV thing goes you do have a point there Jim. (If only such things were British made?)
It is past time that we had a 'low-income' disclaimer on many of the goods and services advertised, perhaps...
"All and any who do not have a combined income over £**** and guaranteed job-security turn away now."Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 23 May 2013 21:54230644just to help out our brian this does not refer to the livestock on the western heights.
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/east_kent_mercury/news/Food-bank-could-open-in-1046/ - Brian Dixon
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24 May 2013 06:31230659yes howard,i read that to,but you cant beat free range beef though.
- 24 May 2013 09:48230668just for you brian.
- Brian Dixon
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24 May 2013 15:18230736now now howard that's an 'orse init. - 18 August 2013 12:19241064The head is sure, it's judgement sound
the lip is stiff, the jaw out-jut
the feet are certain of their ground
the body-politic united, but
the belly thinks the throat's been cut
Food bank inquiries soar as further working class families slide into poverty
"An "alarming" 78% rise in food bank inquiries has taken place over the last six months, as people with jobs start using them to provide emergency supplies until their next pay day.
The figures from Citizens Advice will raise serious concerns that more people are sliding towards the poverty line and are finding it difficult to feed themselves. They reveal significant regional disparities in demand for information about food bank services in England and Wales, suggesting certain parts of the country are suffering considerably more than others.
The charity said the worst affected area was the West Midlands, where there had been a 142% increase in inquiries - 779 in total - since February. The figures show a rise in inquiries about food banks in Citizens Advice bureaux in almost every region of the country.
Gillian Guy, chief executive of the charity said: "Food banks have no place in modern Britain. Millions of families are facing a perfect storm of pressures on their budgets. The combined impact of welfare upheaval, cuts to public spending, low wages and the high cost of living are putting unbearable pressure on many households, forcing them to seek emergency help putting food on the table.".."
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/aug/17/food-banks-inquiries-poverty-cuts-wagesIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 18 August 2013 12:36241067we seem to be going back slowly but surely to the workhouse if people cannot afford to feed their families when they are actually in employment.
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18 August 2013 23:44241125I don't remember starving during the war and after in the late 40's. Yes, food was rationed and we didn't have much but I cannot remember going hungry. I am sure people are much better off these days than our parents ever were.There were very few benefits in those days either. - 19 August 2013 08:26241130Nostalgia Alec, isn't what it used to be.Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
- 19 August 2013 08:31241131Poverty isn't what it used to be either.
There was another thread on here a while back about food banks, who would have thought that free food would be popular. - 19 August 2013 08:45241133It's all the tax's and rip of energy costs pulling people down
Food is over priced because of EU subsidies and rules, regulations - 19 August 2013 08:48241134That's true Keith, you and I share the same view about the EU.
- 19 August 2013 09:06241136The big farms need to be dismantled ,and replaced with smaller family run businesses
Farmers should be able to kill clean and sell from there premises
Local Competition and customer satisfaction would set prices
Not the profiteering of the big super markets - 19 August 2013 09:30241139# 33......ill-informed....the one liner an insult to the many that need the support...
.......I`m alright jack when living high on the hog.....disingenuous....... - 19 August 2013 09:40241141there are still many misconceptions about food banks, they are not a free for all.
only those referred by social services, the police etc are eligible and then only for a week or so. - Jan Higgins
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19 August 2013 09:45241142David is right in that poverty in the 2000s is not the same as poverty as recently as even the 1950s, our expectations have rightly grown so what was a luxury then is a necessity now.
We now expect things like TV to help entertain and educate our children while back then they were still luxuries while computers and broadband were not even known about.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 19 August 2013 09:59241146Reg Hansell wrote:# 33......ill-informed....the one liner an insult to the many that need the support...
.......I`m alright jack when living high on the hog.....disingenuous.......
Ill informed eh Reg, lets see if you can inform me without referring to a c&p.
And you claim I'm "living high on the hog", I can assure you that you are the one ill informed.
