Food banks providing essentials, fuel support and Christmas presents are helping more working families.
"It's definitely changed this year," she said."It just shows that this is affecting everybody, even people with two incomes who would usually donate.Britain's biggest food bank network, the Trussell Trust, found that 320,000 people in the UK used a food bank for the first time in the last six months and that number is likely to rise."I don't think there's anything people can do differently just now," Ms Little said.
"It seems like anyone going for a job now is fighting with so many other people, or they can't afford childcare and can't go to work, it just becomes a vicious cycle." The Trussell Trust provided 34% more food parcels in just six months between April and the end of September 2022.Emma Revie, chief executive of the Trussell Trust, said thousands of people were already having to go without the essentials.
She added: "With food banks already pushed to breaking point, the UK government must urgently consider how to bridge the gap between the November cost of living payment and the uprating of benefit in April."that have been made to more than eight million low-income households. The first instalment of £326 was paid out between 14 and 31 July and the second instalment of £324 should have reached those eligible by the end of December.
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