The charity's call comes as figures show that more than half a million emergency food parcels were distributed by its network of food banks in a six-month period.
Between April and September 2016, Trussell Trust foodbanks across the UK distributed 519,342 three-day emergency food supplies to people in crisis. This compared to 506,369 during the same period last year, of these 188,584 went to children.
The charity says that the ‘staggering number’ means that the food bank network is on course to distribute the highest number of food parcels in its 12-year history during 2016-17.
Benefit delays and changes to the welfare system have been the biggest reasons for foodbank use, accounting for 44 per-cent of referrals to foodbanks.
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