The government has turned its back on the people of Foodbank Britain

The government has turned its back on the people of Foodbank Britain: 

But even without comprehensive data, the very existence of foodbanks poses a troubling question: why, in one of the world's richest societies – and in a country that prides itself in having welfare provision designed to care for its citizens from cradle to grave – are so many people going hungry? My new book 'Hunger Pains: life inside foodbank Britain' chronicles my 18 months as a researcher and volunteer inside a Trussell Trust foodbank in North East England, finding out why people need to turn to charity for food.