'Government measures are not enough': Food bank founder steps down as Tory councillor

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'Government measures are not enough': Food bank founder steps down as Tory councillor
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Nic Stansby, who set up the foodbank at Wrenthorpe Methodist Church, said it was “hard to represent a party that is having such a detrimental impact”

doesn't go far enough and the benefits system needs to be more flexible so people aren't punished for finding work.

One of Nic's regular foodbank users, single mum-of-two Beth – who did not want to give her surname – wept as she told how she struggled to afford to feed her kids, aged four and seven.

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