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Aspiration provided what the company described as “socially-conscious and sustainable banking services and investment products.”

The food bank said it sees peaks and troughs in numbers throughout the year, but added there had been an overall increase in people needing support in 2025.

A single dad-of-three said he was forced to move in with his parents and rely on a food bank when "things just went downhill quick" after losing his job.

The trigger was a falling out between McGill and Edinburgh-based Mark Richardson - who has connections to the Daniel crime group - over a drug deal said to involve fake bank notes.

The banking secrecy laws, now much diluted, were designed to shield an individual's personal finances from the prying eyes of the state.