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Tricky situation that.

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Mr Ellis said the principle of giving vouchers to people so desperate for food they were driven to steal was "worth looking at".

However, he added: "It needs to be done by outside agencies who are there to deal with that sort of thing."

He is looking at the wrong problem. How many of these people have been driven to steal food because of hunger? The numbers of people being awarded assistance by the councils is increasing because of cuts elsewhere. When the safety net is shredded by cuts you will have other problems. If they are imprisoned will the gaols be told not to feed them as it will reward them for their crimes?

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