Half Million Hungry in the UK

Charities in Britain warned on Thursday that more than half a million Britons are reliant on food banks.

According to the report, “Walking the Breadline,” half of those resorting to emergency help are doing so because their benefit payments have been cut or delayed.

[SOUNDBITE: John Williams, spokesman for Storehouse, church-run food bank]

“We’ve seen a lot of benefits changes, in terms of people’s benefits being stopped—sanctions, that’s been quite kind of big recently. And a few of the people we’ve got at the minute, it’s all about—they’re falling through the net.”

[SOUNDBITE: Rosie Cooper, food bank recipient]

“We got to the stage where I had to say to the children, ‘Look, this is the only amount of food that we have for today. You either eat now or you eat later, but you can’t have anything extra.”

Earlier this month, UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey said it was “completely wrong” to indicate a link exists between the government’s benefit reforms and food bank provisions.

Britain has one of the most generous welfare systems in the English-speaking world. But with the nation’s finances in shambles and the economy struggling, more people are destined to “fall through the net.”

However, God says there is a way to be protected from the economic curses ravaging Britain. To learn how, read “How You Can Prosper in a Recession!”