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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JOE SINCLAIR A volunteer selects food for a visitor's order at a foodbank charity in west London on December 23, 2014. Food bank use in Britain is growing rapidly and Christmas has been a particularly busy time for centres like the one run by a Christian charity in the mostly affluent London neighbourhood of Fulham. Even as the British economy recovers from recession, many Britons are struggling to get by on low pay and reduced welfare, stirring a social unease that will be a key issue in the general election in May. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL (Photo credit should read BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JOE SINCLAIR
A volunteer selects food for a visitor's order at a foodbank charity in west London on December 23, 2014. Food bank use in Britain is growing rapidly and Christmas has been a particularly busy time for centres like the one run by a Christian charity in the mostly affluent London neighbourhood of Fulham. Even as the British economy recovers from recession, many Britons are struggling to get by on low pay and reduced welfare, stirring a social unease that will be a key issue in the general election in May. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL        (Photo credit should read BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)