Food Banks

[dave50]

Apparently even more people are using them now. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2605661/Almost-ONE-million-Britons-seek-food-bank-help-following-162-percent-jump-number-people-seeking-emergency-food-help.html
When something is free, demand will always outstrip supply. Are we saying that if these food banks disappeared, these people would starve to death?

[DrFilth]

>> But 650,000 people seem to have suffered similar misfortune in a year or so. That's what I have difficulty believing.

[DrFilth]

sorry for some reason my lappy is going iffy

>> But 650,000 people seem to have suffered similar misfortune in a year or so. That's what I have difficulty believing.

[DrFilth]

>> But 650,000 people seem to have suffered similar misfortune in a year or so. That's what I have difficulty believing.

[DrFilth]

benefit cuts started nj

[emmie]

think that your laptop has the hiccups

[DrFilth]

emmie i think my fist will be hitting the screen very soon -)

[sherrardk]

Whilst people are in financial straits they are also amassing other debts - electricity, gas, rent, etc. when their income or benefits kick in they don't have enough to live in and repay these outstanding debts. Things don't miraculously improve overnight, short term financial hardship takes months to get over (and that's if you have the ability to budget).