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Foodbank charity expects busiest winter in 12 years

THE hundreds of foodbacks across Britain are expecting their busiest winter since they were first introduced by the Trussell Trust in 2004, the charity revealed yesterday.

Despite government claims that there are now fewer poor people in Britain, the numbers relying on foodbanks continues to soar.

The first two foodbanks opened in 2004. Although the Trussell Trust now runs more than 400, there are many other foodbanks run by other organisations and small groups.

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