Economic Collapse of Britain Entering New Phase: Famine

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Jobcentres to send poor and hungry to charity food banks

Jonathan Owen and Brian Brady
London Independent
Sept 19, 2011

Tens of thousands of benefits claimants will be referred to food banks by the Government, which is worried that many Britons face a stark choice: starvation or feeding themselves by begging or stealing.

From tomorrow, jobcentres in England and Wales will refer the needy to charity-run food banks that will give them a food parcel. It is the first time in living memory that hungry people will have been passed on to charities in this way.

The move comes amid growing levels of food poverty, fuelled by rising food prices and high rates of unemployment. Under the scheme, people whose benefits have been delayed, or have been refused crisis loans, will be referred to their local food bank. A claimant will be limited to three consecutive referrals – each time giving them enough food for three days. They will be given basics such as tinned soup, baked beans, meat, fish and pasta.

The scheme will operate from more than 70 food banks run by the Trussell Trust, a Christian charity. It will open another 60 in the next six months, according to Jeremy Ravn, a director. “We are forecasting that we will feed somewhere between 90,000 and 100,000 this financial year,” he said. “And we’d expect 30-40 per cent of those to be [caused by] problems over benefits.”

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6 Responses to “Economic Collapse of Britain Entering New Phase: Famine”

  1. Meanwhile war funding continues…

    Obviously the government has its priorities, the people being SECOND PLACE.

  2. France runs food banks for their disadvantaged (the alimentaire). Better than food stamps or other financial payments that can get traded on the black market.

    Even for those who are employed in the UK, rising food and energy prices are a nightmare. In 1995, my food bill was £30/week. In 2005, my food bill was £40/week. Now, it is around £60/week. In 2005, my energy bill was around £800/year, in 2009, it was £1200/year.

    It’s been a long tradition that elderly are found dead in their homes, having died from hypothermia. Government won’t do anything about it because there is a housing shortage, and those homes are needed for large families or for property developers to turn into luxury flats.

    Hello. Reply:
    September 19th, 2011 at 1:41 pm

    Family and/or friends and church groups should be ‘doing something about it’ if the souls involved are too old or feeble to help themselves first. Help yourself! Help others!
    Although Government can pass price control measures in a format of a G20 solution, Government help is and should be a last resort! We can do it ourselves.

  3. I had to go to a food bank last year due to things happening and my GP had to refer me so I got a red ticket and then got some food. I have seen some decline in my neighbourhood ( riots etc, etc ) But people that I deal with in the City of London seem to be doing rather well.
    But I have made some progress as a tunesmith and when we can come to an agreement about the words which are as follows ” 9 11 was an inside job and so was 7 / 7″.
    Then it`s champers all round ah yes what could be better than fraud with loud rock music.

  4. Keep ‘em out of America……..

  5. Beware of the hand that feeds you Brits. And lend not thy arm to the vaccine givers.

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