The number of emergency food parcels handed out across the UK in a single year has reached its highest level, at more than three million.The Trussell Trust food bank network said the figures had risen for packages for both adults and children and the total is now almost double that of five years ago.There were 3,121,404 parcels distributed by food banks in its network up to the end of March, made up of 1,977,308 for adults and 1,144,096 for children.

The number of emergency food parcels handed out across the UK in a single year has reached its highest level, at more than three million.The Trussell Trust food bank network said the figures had risen for packages for both adults and children and the total is now almost double that of five years ago.There were 3,121,404 parcels distributed by food banks in its network up to the end of March, made up of 1,977,308 for adults and 1,144,096 for children.