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Welfare cuts: A tale of two food bank vouchers

Posted on March 10, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from the Guardian Society   Jobcentre food bank referral slip specimens Photograph: the Guardian Look at the two food bank vouchers above. The one on the left was introduced after 2011 when the trust and Department for Work and … Continue reading →

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Quotas for food bank vouchers at job centres?

Posted on February 21, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Originally posted on Ann McGauran:
Is an unofficial quota system for food bank vouchers operating at job centres? One man who called into a food bank in this London borough recently said he was told by his job centre that…

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Iain Duncan Smith: Slavery and Narcissism

Posted on January 24, 2014 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reblogged from Another Angry Voice Iain Duncan Smith has once again demonstrated how out of touch with reality he is. In an absurdly self-congratulatory speech he compared his “welfare reforms” (which are hopelessly inefficient, economically illiterate, dishonest, unlawful,discriminatory, fraud riddled, punitive, target driven, wasteful, incompetently administered and compassionless) with the abolitionist … Continue reading →

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Food banks: cowardly coalition can’t face the truth about them

Posted on December 29, 2013 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from the Guardian I went to the Trussell Trust food bank round the corner from theObserver’s offices just before Christmas. If I hadn’t been reading the papers, I would have assumed it represented everything Conservativesadmire. As at every other food bank, volunteers who … Continue reading →

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Hungry in Cameron’s Cotswolds: Beyond the 4x4s and classy shops of the PM’s own constituency, a food bank is alarmingly busy

Posted on December 22, 2013 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reblogged from the Huffington Post Witney isn’t the sort of place you associate with poverty, homelessness and hunger. That’s because it’s an affluent market town in the heart of the Cotswolds. The high street smacks of well-heeled middle England, with … Continue reading →

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Lorraine from Glasgow had cancer but was forced to starve and rely on the foodbank by DWP-Atos who over-ruled her doctors and declared her ‘fit-for-work’

Posted on December 16, 2013 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Reposted from Black Triangle Behind cold metal gates stands Blawarthill Parish Church in Glasgow. It’s a modern building, painted white but grimy with rain.   Two sticks of wood are nailed to the wall forming a spindly cross which looks … Continue reading →

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Biggest ever increase in UK foodbank use – press release from Trussell Trust

Posted on November 30, 2013 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

170% rise in numbers turning to foodbanks in last 12 months Trussell Trust foodbanks have seen the biggest rise in numbers given emergency food since the charity began in 2000. Almost 350,000 people have received at least three days emergency … Continue reading →

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Benefit delays leave claimants to starve whilst DWP hides the statistics.

Posted on November 30, 2013 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Over this weekend, Tesco are supporting the Trussell Trust by asking its’ customers to donate non perishable foodstuff. Tesco will contribute a further 30% to the total collected. With that in mind, I thought I would re post some articles … Continue reading →

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Food banks: where is the ‘suppressed’ government report on UK food poverty?

Posted on November 30, 2013 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

A Defra-commissioned report into the growth of food aid has been delayed. Could it be that it links welfare reform with the explosion in food banks? Article from Patrick Cutlers blog in the Guardian  Workers at the Black Country food … Continue reading →

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Don’t get too used to going to the foodbank will you!

Posted on October 3, 2013 by thelovelywibblywobblyoldlady

Just in case you needed any reminders about how out of touch this government are… http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/10/03/paul-maynard-food-bank_n_4035950.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-news

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