1. Knowsley, Merseyside.
Knowsley had the highest total of benefits used in 2016, hitting a whopping £144.4 million in just one year!
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2,685 people received employment-related benefits in January 2016.
In areas like this where there is a shockingly high number of people on benefits, people’s need for food banks and hands-on community charities are greater.
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The UK has actually seen a rise in its need for food banks of the past few years because of the lack of income and reliance on benefits that many households have.