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Edwina Currie: Foodbanks

More foodbanks are feeding more people. Lots of people are giving up their time and doing a great job. But not everyone thinks they're necessarily a good thing...

Former MP and cabinet minister Edwina Currie says foodbanks aren't helping people in poverty deal with the root causes of their issues and questions their long term benefit.

She goes on to say that the increasing number of people using foodbanks is also affecting shops on the high street...

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