Margaret Greenwood MP, Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to the Trussell Trust’s report on hunger in the UK, said:

“It is a national disgrace that people are going hungry in the UK in the 21st century. This important research shows just how out of touch the government is with public feeling on this issue.

“People across the UK want our country to be a place of compassion. Instead, the government persists with policies that are driving people into poverty and hunger.

“Labour will introduce food security policies, reduce food banks usage by 50 per cent within our first year of office and end the need for food banks altogether within three years.

“We will take immediate action to end the five week wait, scrap the two child limit and abolish the benefit cap which are driving up poverty. We will suspend all sanctions, scrap Universal Credit and replace it with a social security system that treats people with dignity and respect.”

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