The Russell Trust has said that a record number of food parcels were handed out locally in Christchurch. Over the last three months, the charity handed out 2,678 emergency three-day packages at food banks across the county – 30 per cent of them to children. , in other better news, child poverty statistics are showing a slight decline, with fewer than 12 percent of youngsters in the UK now growing up on the breadline.

Hi, your question is quite unclear. However, I provided a brief from the original article.

Explanation:

In that article written by Josh Barrie, he stated his findings which showed an increase in the number of food parcels provided locally.

For example, the Trussell Trust reports it delivered about 49 percent of its total food supplies went to children through food banks.

"a" because he is appealing to logic as oppose to appealing to the audience's emotions.