Food Banks? The British Are The LEAST Hungry In The Developed World!

21st March 2014

Interesting facts.

The number of families saying they are going hungry has fallen over the past five years – as the number of food banks has risen.

Britons were among the least likely in the developed world to say there were times when they could not afford food, an international report found.

Only 8.1 per cent reported this in 2012, down from 9.8 per cent in 2007 – before the economic crisis and when Labour was in power.

The study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which represents industrialised nations, flies in the face of Left-wing claims that cuts in public spending are leaving thousands of families going hungry.

The number of food banks has increased over the past few years, with charities claiming that more than half a million people across the country have visited them.

It emerged this month that more than a third of councils are subsidising food banks at a cost of £3million to the taxpayer.


While most town halls paid for support such as management and administration, some were even paying for the food.


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