Hungry Britain?

Mar 03, 2014 on BBC One at 8:30 PM

Summary

Hundreds of thousands of people across the country are now getting free handouts of food. So what's really behind the dramatic rise in the number of food banks and the claims of hunger in Britain? Reporter Darragh MacIntyre investigates whether it's ... (more)the economic squeeze, benefit changes or, as the government has suggested, it's simply a case of people taking advantage of free food on offer.

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