'It is like if you have a fixed-rate mortgage, it is like the fixed rate suddenly being reduced from two years to six months' - Karen Williams.
Mr Hunt announced on Monday he wasShrewsbury Food Bank Plus, which provides a number of services, including financial advice, said that it had seen a massive upturn in the number of people needing its services in the space of 12 months.
She said the amount of food given out had risen from 5,204 kilos, to 11,432 kilos in the same space of time, and that the charity had even reduced the size of its food packages to make sure it has enough to help all the people requiring assistance.Feed a Family:"Before we would have peaks and troughs but in September we were constantly busy. We are often busier at the end of the month but September is reflective of what is happening in the local and the national economy.
She said:"The number of people in full-time work, on full-time contracts who are not just managing, it is significant."
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