Wednesday, April 16, 2014

The use of foodbanks highlighted by Emily Dugan in The Independent

The rise in the use of foodbanks highlighted by Emily Dugan in The Independent:  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/churches-unite-to-act-on-food-poverty-600-leaders-from-all-denominations-demand-government-uturn-on-punitive-benefits-sanctions-9263035.html

Sorry to ask an awkward unpolitically-correct question, but has any assessment been made between ethnicity, immigration status and the use of foodbanks?

We know that the rise in the use of foodbanks has coincided with an unprecedented rise in immigration, the majority of whom have been from the poorest societies around the world and include those least likely to have financial reserves to support themselves should their relocation to the United Kingdom experience setbacks.

Is it unrealistic to suggest a connection between the two?

By importing cheapo workers from developing countries (I would include Poland in that category) and paying them next to nothing we have also imported people who are dependent on the charity of foodbanks to make ends meet.

Stop the import of cheap labour and conditions for the poorest people in society must rise as competition for labour forces employers to offer higher wages and benefits.


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