Austerity, sanctions, and the rise of food banks in the UK.

Loopstra, Rachel, Reeves, Aaron, Taylor-Robinson, David ORCID: 0000-0002-5828-7724, Barr, Benjamin ORCID: 0000-0002-4208-9475, McKee, Martin and Stuckler, David (2015) Austerity, sanctions, and the rise of food banks in the UK. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 350 (apr08 ). h1775-. ISSN 1759-2151, 1756-1833

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Abstract

Doctors are witnessing increasing numbers of patients seeking referrals to food banks in the United Kingdom. Rachel Loopstra and colleagues ask, is this due to supply or demand?

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Humans, Charities, Food Supply, Social Security, Economic Recession, Food Assistance, United Kingdom
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	08 Feb 2018 07:25
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2026 07:50
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.h1775
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3017648
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