9,000 in East of England forced to turn to food banks as hard times continue to bite

“englander61
Yeh agreed it is governments faults in the UK and all over the world, however we are to blame as well for allowing ourselves to put up with all this c**p. As a nation we should be turning our backs on the main political parties as they are all in for themselves. I find it amazing that the MPs are able to claim £100s of pounds a week individually to spend on food but allow only a small proportion of that to keep a whole family fed for a week when in hard times. Why can not the MPs take a sandwich to work or buy a bag of chips?”

“Sister_Wendy_ and JohnJohn2011 It is the government,s fault past and present , Where doe,s all the money go , We help other country's pure millions into failing EU . Bail out bankers . Take in asylum seekers , flooded with migrant workers all this puts a strain on public services . Is it true when migrant workers return home they claim back tax paid in this country , All the leaflets pushed through our doors are tax deductible to company's for advertising , And are the take away menus pushed through our doors is this classed as employment for delivery persons and wages made up through government funding .”

“Our MP ignores food poverty, fuel poverty and unnecessary hospital deaths yet tinkers around with car parking charges and the stupid town team. He obviously likes to be seen without stepping on anyone's toes. People can starve and freeze this winter so long as they have free parking and he hangs on to his majority/fat salary.”

“Most comments on here are correct; this horrible situation will only continue to get a lot worse. Massive food inflation will soon be in the UK as will possible food shortages according to some reports, I know we will not change much but it is disgusting that this is allowed to continue in the modern world. Just look around and see that the government gets taxes from every building that is occupied, every vehicle on the road and every working person plus V.A.T. Would be nice to have a detailed report on where money is spent, I look around and see things that want doing but never seem to get done. We are told the council / country can not afford anything so where is the money going?”

“@ gordonio,
Lol,that brings back memories,i also remember all us lads on the home bus scoffing all the cakes so their families never got to taste the said food themselves rofl.”

“Exactly the same here but I did get my meal carried forward a few times and put through the mincer if I was "too lazy to chew it". I quite liked tinned fruit with Carnation though :)

As an adult, I never leave food, even if it's horrible! I can feel my mother's ghost behind me with the dreaded mincer!!

I really do believe we should be helping people get value from their food, we let them down when we removed Home Economics from the curriculum.”

“When I went to school I attended domestic science classes, the lads went to wood/metal work classes, I'm sure it's stood us all in good stead over the years, I learnt how to make tasty meals out of cheap cuts of meat, not too sure what they learnt.
I remember my mother serving up Yorkshire puddings first, then it was followed by the meat and vegetable course, to fill you up so as not to eat too much meat. If I didn't eat up my meal I was made to sit until I did, or have it dished up for the next meal, (it never was). My pet hate was tinned fruit with carnation milk and bread and butter, yuk.

What does stick in my mind is the domestic science teacher telling me, 'one only has Yorkshire pudding with beef one knows'. And today, I wouldn't touch Aunt Bessy's cr.p with a barge pole, it's so easy to make the batter, and there much nicer.”

“No, completely natural birth but i'm obviously endowed with more common sense than most. Yes, my post was a little harsh but do we really have to teach everyone how to do everything?”

“If children aren't taught to cook with basic ingredients rather than warming up pre-preprepared supermarket food, how can we expect them to manage on a tight budget when they're older? We can repair that damage by showing them how to use basic, cheap ingredients that are quick and easy to work with. I made my first Christmas pudding when I was 10 years old, but it didn't happen by accident, I was shown how to do it.

How many young mums know how to take a bag of oats and turn it into a decent porridge? They turn to Ready Brek.

Crickfan must have been born with that knowledge and probably performed his own Caesarian, from the inside.”

“Sister_Wendy_ - not unless someone demonstrates how? Do we then have to demonstrate how not to spend benefits on fags and beer? Come on, can't people work out how to do these things for themselves??”