Food Poverty: Expert on foodbanks available for interview

Dr Kingsley Purdam from The University of Manchester is an expert on food insecurity and foodbanks.

His recent research concluded that food insecurity and malnutrition in the UK is a much wider problem than has been recognised and the rapid growth in the number of foodbanks and food donation points in supermarkets suggests a ‘normalisation’ of food aid.

Dr Purdam said: “It can be questioned why the levels of food insecurity and malnutrition are so high in the UK and whether the government’s reliance on food aid is economically and politically efficient given the impact on people’s health and well-being”. 

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