Food poverty on the rise as recession hits home
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You might normally associate Salisbury with cathedrals and green wellies. But Channel 4 News visited for another reason: to find out about foodbanks.
The Trussell Trust in Salisbury is one of dozens of US-style charity operations that have grown up unannounced around the country, handing out parcels of food to people unable to put a meal on the table.
Tens of thousands each year get food parcels – mostly referred by GPs, health visitors, police, schools.
Poverty
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