Claim: Trussell Trust food bank use has increased by 52% in a year in areas where Universal Credit has been rolled out.
Fact-check: Is Universal Credit driving people to food banks? - Full Fact
Verdict: correct according to the trust's own research. it's difficult to measure the extent that one is causing the other. there's wider evidence that people have had problems during the rollout of universal credit and that some have been going to food banks as a result.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2018-07-06T00:00:00