A new report has looked at the reasons for increasing the use of foodbanks. 'Emergency Use only' Has recently been produced by the Trussell Trust and is based on 40 in depth interviews. It found...
'between half and two thirds of the users from whom additional data was collected, the immediate trigger for food bank use was linked to problems with benefits (including waiting for benefits to be paid, sanctions, problems with ESA) or missing tax credits.' and that...
'19-28% of users for whom additional data was collected had recently had household benefits stopped or reduced because of a sanction and 28-34% were waiting for a benefit claim which had not been decided'
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