Food banks have become a lifeline for many, but where is the way out? (UK)

``If anything, food banks are in danger of becoming mainstream. A series of reports and studies have linked cuts in the social security system to the rise in charity food. Scores of evidence submissions to a Commons work and pensions committee inquiry, opening on 21 October, testify that thousands of vulnerable citizens are forced to rely on food banks as a result of avoidable delays to benefits being paid. ''