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Hello, I'm Rob.
Welcome to 6 Minute English.
With me today is Finn.
Hello, Finn.
Hi, Rob.
In this programme, we're going to be talking about food banks in the UK.
Yes, food banks.
But what exactly are they?
Well, you can find them all over the country nowadays.
They're part of a system where people who are struggling financially are given free food to cook or eat,
which other people have donated or given for free.
We mean that people in modern day Britain are so hard up.
That means they've got so little money.
But they can't afford to buy their own food.
It does seem extraordinary, doesn't it?
Yeah, it does.
Well, today's question is about the people who use the food banks.
So, Finn, do you know how many British people are estimated to have used them?