Tories’ welfare policies have ‘torn apart’ the social safety net for hard-pressed families, Brown warns
Food laid out in crates at a food bank in north London
THE safety net for hard-pressed families has been “torn apart” by the Tories’ welfare policies, a former prime minister warned today as food prices rose at near-record levels.
New data by research company Kantar revealed that the cost of goods, such as fresh meat, were soaring.
Former prime minister Gordon Brown said that more people are being plunged into poverty and increasingly turning to charities for help.
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