A charity is to begin handing out food vouchers to destitute Scots amid claims they are being let down by the welfare system. The Stirling Citizen Advice Bureau will launch the radical scheme after being inundated by desperate pleas for help.
"We have noticed a significant increase in the number of people coming to Stirling Cab with no money for food. The main reason appears to be the time it takes to get benefit paid since the DWP have adopted a call centre model, based in Middlesbrough. It can take up to eight weeks to receive money from the date you call to claim..."
A director of the Poverty Alliance, described it as "a desperate response to a desperate situation"
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