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FOODBANKS across Britain will be stretched close to breaking point this Christmas as demand hits record levels after nearly six years of Tory austerity, a charity revealed today.
New figures from foodbank network the Trussell Trust revealed that requests for emergency food have gone up by nearly 14,000.
Users and supporters said that cuts to welfare services and benefit sanctions have left thousands with no other option but to rely on foodbanks.
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE
