I really wouldn't pay any attention to the DM - that has always been their agenda and what they report is not news, but articles designed to provoke. It's scarily the most accessed *news* website in the world.
I read an article n t he Times this week about how it's not that more people need foodbanks as such under this government, but greater publicity about them has led to more people being aware of them and then applying. I thought that was quite interesting.