Austerity, welfare reform and the rising use of food banks by children in England and Wales

Area

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 273-279

  Lambie Mumford, Hannah ^a   Green, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

austerity; child poverty; food bank; food insecurity; UK; welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945549086     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/area.12233     Document Type: Article

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