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I was once poor enough to not have enough food, back in the mid 1990s. In my case it was because I'd just got a job, and benefits had stopped, but I wasn't being paid until much later in the month - so there was a gap when I had no money. I ate potatoes and carrots for a week and walked a long...

I'm not disagreeing, but I guess there is another way of looking at this particular issue - which is to ask why people need food banks, and then address those specific issues. I'm sure it's a study that has been done in the past (I have recollections about hearing people say that benefit...

Football is the epitome of capitalist economics: huge benefits for those with the best abilities (or those able to work hard to make the best of what they have), little or none for those who can't make the grade. A UK wealth tax would probably pay for quite a few food banks (though whether...