Growing demand for food banks in Britain

Name: Growing demand for food banks in Britain
Uploaded: 2012-09-05T05:39:58.000Z
Duration: 9 min 57 s
Description: More food banks are opening every week in the UK, with charities providing an emergency safety net for a growing number of Britons.

This video can not be played

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.

More food banks are opening every week in the UK, with charities providing an emergency safety net for growing number of Britons.

BBC Newsnight's Paul Mason has been to Coventry, home to the country's busiest food bank, to find out more about the problem and its underlying causes.

5 September 2012