The number of users of food banks in the U.K. tripled in the past year, with some of them abandoning cooking because of increasing energy prices, an anti-poverty charity said. The Trussell Trust, which supports food banks that provide three days’ emergency supplies to people in need, said today 355,985 people had been helped between May and September this year, compared with 113,570 in the same period last year. It wrote to Prime Minister David Cameron requesting an inquiry. “The level of food poverty in the U.K. is not acceptable. It’s scandalous and it is causing deep distress to thousands of people,” Trussell Trust Executive Chairman Chris Mould said in an e-mailed statement. “The time has come for an official and in-depth inquiry into the causes of food poverty and the consequent rise in the usage of food banks.”
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 22:52:24 +0000