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36 places where kids can eat free or for £1 in February half term
Cost of living crisis

36 places where kids can eat free or for £1 in February half term

Here are all of the places where kids can eat for free and cheap in February half term, as families face tighter budgets in the school holidays

This is the ‘most thoughtful and inspiring’ food project celebrity chef Levi Roots has ever seen
Food poverty

This is the ‘most thoughtful and inspiring’ food project celebrity chef Levi Roots has ever seen

The INI Food and Wellbeing Centre has been heralded by celebrity chef and entrepreneur Levi Roots, who says he could have used a project like this when he was growing up and living in a squat in Brixton

Healthy foods ‘more than twice as expensive’ as unhealthy foods, report finds: ‘We’re in a bad place’
Food

Healthy foods ‘more than twice as expensive’ as unhealthy foods, report finds: ‘We’re in a bad place’

The most deprived Brits need to spend 45% of their disposable income on food to afford a healthy diet. The Food Foundation’s Broken Plate exhibiton shows the realities of people struggling to afford to eat well

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Food and nutrition
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Food and nutrition

Hunger is a political choice. How do we end it in 2025?
Dr Regina Murphy Keith

Hunger is a political choice. How do we end it in 2025?

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Community meals and workers’ rights: What happens if councils seize Deliveroo and Uber Eats’ ‘ghost kitchens’?
Ghost Kitchens

Community meals and workers’ rights: What happens if councils seize Deliveroo and Uber Eats’ ‘ghost kitchens’?

Farmers have every right to complain – but their gripes are being hijacked by right-wing chancers
Adam Barnett

Farmers have every right to complain – but their gripes are being hijacked by right-wing chancers

Last Christmas I was in prison. This year I’m working in a London fine-dining restaurant
Christmas

Last Christmas I was in prison. This year I’m working in a London fine-dining restaurant

Number of people turning to food banks is shocking – but it’s the tip of the hunger iceberg
Sabine Goodwin

Number of people turning to food banks is shocking – but it’s the tip of the hunger iceberg

Farming is the country’s least diverse industry. Meet the man on a mission to change it
Farming

Farming is the country’s least diverse industry. Meet the man on a mission to change it

Over half of London working parents use food banks, study finds: ‘Is this the country we live in?’
Food banks

Over half of London working parents use food banks, study finds: ‘Is this the country we live in?’

How ‘social supermarkets’ offer hope and dignity for people facing hunger
Caroline Moraes

How ‘social supermarkets’ offer hope and dignity for people facing hunger

Home Kitchen: Inside the world’s first fine-dining restaurant staffed by homeless chefs
Homelessness

Home Kitchen: Inside the world’s first fine-dining restaurant staffed by homeless chefs

Universal credit is failing with millions relying on food banks – we need urgent reform now
Helen Barnard

Universal credit is failing with millions relying on food banks – we need urgent reform now

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan recalls receiving free school meals as a child: ‘I was lucky’
Free School Meals

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan recalls receiving free school meals as a child: ‘I was lucky’

The Bear’s Will Poulter and TV chef Big Zuu host BBQ for homeless young people: ‘Food is everything’
Food

The Bear’s Will Poulter and TV chef Big Zuu host BBQ for homeless young people: ‘Food is everything’

Inside the primary school ‘food shop’ ensuring children don’t go hungry over summer break
Food poverty

Inside the primary school ‘food shop’ ensuring children don’t go hungry over summer break

Will free school meals and vouchers be offered over the summer holidays?
Free school meals

Will free school meals and vouchers be offered over the summer holidays?

Expand free school meals and help save one million children from hunger, political leaders told
General election 2024

Expand free school meals and help save one million children from hunger, political leaders told

This vegan restaurant offers workers with learning disabilities a pathway to independence
Learning disability week 2024

This vegan restaurant offers workers with learning disabilities a pathway to independence

Special Olympian and COALPIT Welsh Cake founder Michael Benyon shares his favourite recipes
Food

Special Olympian and COALPIT Welsh Cake founder Michael Benyon shares his favourite recipes

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British farmers demand universal basic income to prevent bankruptcy in wake of Brexit
Universal Basic Income

British farmers demand universal basic income to prevent bankruptcy in wake of Brexit

Big Issue Recipe Collection: These Greek stuffed peppers are quick, healthy and won’t break the bank
Big Issue Recipe Collection

Big Issue Recipe Collection: These Greek stuffed peppers are quick, healthy and won’t break the bank

‘Food security should be part of our DNA’: Would a national food plan help combat poverty?
Food poverty

‘Food security should be part of our DNA’: Would a national food plan help combat poverty?

‘This is still just the beginning’: How Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food changed a nation
Food

‘This is still just the beginning’: How Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food changed a nation