Two stories today illuminate the absurdity of modern-day capitalism, where inequality is so profound that the economy appears broken in two, orbiting in completely different realities from one another. On the one hand, food bank usage in Scotland has more than doubled since the pandemic, up 108 per cent on the year previously according to […]
Food banks
“We shouldn’t have a society where, in the space of a few short weeks, people are unable to feed themselves.”
‘Food for Good’, not just for lockdown.
Local knowledge is key to dealing with community’s basic needs during crisis, but the government should be doing everything they can to provide funding and support, in order to protect society’s most vulnerable people.