Archbishop of Canterbury claims benefit sanctions and bureaucratic delays in welfare mean government is partly to blame for tragedy’ of hungerThe Archbishop of Canterbury has warned that government policies on poverty and welfare reform have left too many people in Britain unable to feed their families.
Justin Welby said that it was “a tragedy” that starvation still existed in the UK in the 21st century and praised the work of charity food banks which he said were “striving to develop life bearable for people who are going hungry”.
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Source: theguardian.com