Foodbanks are part of society

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- BY STIAN ALEXANDER

Loach says it is extraordinary that foodbanks have become an institution in the decade since his film about poverty I, Daniel Blake.In the hard-hitting 2016 movie, Dave Johns stars as poverty-stricken Daniel Blake, who is denied benefits despite a doctor declaring him unfit for work.

He ends up dying from a heart attack just before a benefits appeal hearing.

In one scene, single mum Katie (Hayley Squires) is so hungry that she eats baked beans from her hand straight after getting them from a foodbank.