A pastor who helps to run a food bank is concerned at the "crisis" surrounding the cost of living, as the use of his food bank has doubled in the last three to four months whilst donations have been reduced.
Mick Fleming, who is part of the charity Church On The Street in Burnley, has been seeing this firsthand in his work.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain earlier today (Wednesday, March 23), he spoke on how the number of people coming to use the food bank had "doubled".
He said: "More and more working people [are] accessing the food bank, and sadly less donations to the food bank [are being made].
"It's frightening, we seem to be a country in crisis," he added.
Mick Fleming runs a food bank and says over the past 3-4 months the need has doubled and there are 'more and more working people accessing the food bank'.
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) March 23, 2022
He also says the amount of food being donated has reduced. pic.twitter.com/dwWl9WLTG4
Presenter Susanna Reid made the point that the cost of food going up affected those who were already struggling, but also those who would usually buy an extra item to donate to the food bank, who now couldn't afford to do so.
Fleming agreed, saying: "It just shows [a] trickle-down economy doesn't work.
"It doesn't work when people are struggling full-stop, when people are working and having to access food banks then we have problems.
"I think we [need] to put party politics to one side and look at what's really required urgently."
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