[Father Chris Mouse]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

You're right. I mixed up food parcel numbers with foodbanks. It was 40k food parcels handed out in 2010 versus 1.7-2m in the year before the pandemic.

Well it doesn't read well either way. Though it would be fair to factor in a growing population (over 4 million since 2010) and the lack of job opportunities over the past 10 years. The rise of internet shopping, Amazon etc. A large majority of retail workers, immigrants arriving with nothing but the shirt on their backs was always going to lead the need for more food/shelter, no matter which government was in charge.

The number is too many, 1 is too many, however people falling on hard times was always going to be inevitable (mainly due to the rise of internet shopping and buying habits changing). Would Labour over the last 10 years had a reduced number? Who knows, realistically it's impossible to know.