A "soup summit" was held by Westminster Council this week after research revealed that the vast majority of soup run users are not rough sleepers.

Researchers were told of one man who was using soup runs to help him save up for a football season ticket and found one agency that said it would feed taxi drivers if they wanted food.

Westminster Council wants to cut the numbers of soup runs as it argues that they bring people into the city to obtain services and pull accommodated people back onto the street.