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  Without wishing to denigrate the idea of food banks which serve a useful purpose politicians use these things as a political tool which, of course, is not surprising but highly disingenuous.
  Any organisation who sets up shop offering things for free will always get willing customers walking through their doors. So when people talk about the rise in food banks remember that this wasn't a call from the poor who asked for these things but from those organised enough to open one in their area.
  There will be an increase in food banks over the next few years but even during boom times you could create these things in every town up and down the country and they would fulfill a need.
  So miliband can now stand up in the commons and will, inevitably, wag his finger during the next hustings and blame the increase of food banks on his opponents but will accept no responsibility for the way his party have actually increased poverty in the UK.
  Sad but very, very predictable.

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