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Number of children using foodbanks more than doubles during lockdown

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The number of children using foodbanks has increased by 122% compared to last year. Emma Revie, chief executive of the Trussell Trust charity, told the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee on Friday that more and more families were going without food.

She said that Covid-19 had an "instantaneous and profound" impact on the number of people using foodbanks. "We analysed the last two weeks of March, compared to the same time last year and we identified that there was an 81% increase in demand and quite alarmingly a 122% increase in the number of children receiving food," she added. "What this told us was the number of families with children that were coming to us had doubled from its normal levels, so we're definitely seeing a

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