[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Swan

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.

The UK population was 62m in 2010, an increase of 4m wouldn't push up the number of food banks and such so much based on that alone.

You mention a lack of job opportunities for the past ten years, pray tell, which party has been in charge for the past ten years? It's down to governments to foster economic growth. The idea that things would have been the same under any government is baseless conjecture that serves to defend the incompetence of the tory governments.