Fine MPs £1,000 a year for every foodbank in their constituency, campaigners in Wales demand
MPs should be fined £1,000 a year for every foodbank in their constituencies, campaigners in Wales have demanded.
Food campaigners staged a march and rally in Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, on Saturday.
Mandy Haydon-Hall, foodbank manager in Pontypridd, said volunteers in Rhondda Cynon Taff handed out food to over 23,000 people last year.
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