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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.
As a proportion of GDP the total welfare bill is lower than it was 15 years ago. The claim that it is spiralling out of control is mythmaking, argues DIANE ABBOTT
The campaign against the Bank of England’s ongoing theft of Venezuelan gold is gaining support across the labour movement and beyond, writes MATT WILLGRESS
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