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03 Dec 2020 15:10:06
Anent the SNP and foodbanks.
Some facts. Research (Rachel Loopstra and colleagues) found that food banks were more likely to open in areas wirh greater unemployment and welfare sanctions and reductions in local and central government (in England) spending - austerity in other words.
There were no food banks in Hartlepool in 2009. Now there are 9. What happened? Austerity. Tory government policies.
No Scottish government, Snp or whatever controls the economy. Welfare benefits are largely reserved to Westminster. So responsibility for food banks does not lie with the SNP.
I am not a member of any political party. I have been a volunteer in a food bank and have seen at first hand the malign and harmful effects of Tory policy regarding sanctions. I know about this stuff and will be glad to engage.