Food Banks

It’s no longer a cost of living crisis – it’s a cost of surviving crisis
Mike Towers

It’s no longer a cost of living crisis – it’s a cost of surviving crisis

A working father describes how talk of a cost of living crisis misses the point that it’s now a cost of survival crisis for many in the UK

What would happen if the UK’s volunteers stopped volunteering?
Volunteering

What would happen if the UK’s volunteers stopped volunteering?

Nearly half of the adult population is likely to volunteer at least once in 2026, but what would happen if they didn’t?

Nearly two children in every classroom relying on food banks: ‘A national emergency’
Cost of living

Nearly two children in every classroom relying on food banks: ‘A national emergency’

Child poverty levels are down slightly on previous years, but there are still millions of children facing hardship and many are forced to rely on food banks, new government figures show

Striking photos capture British Muslim families breaking fast during Ramadan in food bank Britain
Cost of living

Striking photos capture British Muslim families breaking fast during Ramadan in food bank Britain

Labour says it wants to end the need for food banks. Is there any way it can succeed?
Food banks

Labour says it wants to end the need for food banks. Is there any way it can succeed?

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Taking action against climate change could also help end the need for food banks. Here’s how
Helen Barnard and Mike Childs

Taking action against climate change could also help end the need for food banks. Here’s how

Why are four million children still going hungry in the UK in 2026?
Dr Regina Murphy Keith

Why are four million children still going hungry in the UK in 2026?

Labour MP calls on government to boost universal credit: ‘We need to up our game’
Universal credit

Labour MP calls on government to boost universal credit: ‘We need to up our game’

How the UK’s only cash-first food bank is shattering myths around aid: ‘Cash is the issue’
Food banks

How the UK’s only cash-first food bank is shattering myths around aid: ‘Cash is the issue’

How the groundbreaking Crisis and Resilience Fund can help end the need for food banks
Sabine Goodwin

How the groundbreaking Crisis and Resilience Fund can help end the need for food banks

Gordon Brown: ‘This can’t go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable’
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Gordon Brown: ‘This can’t go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable’

How to volunteer at a food bank
Food banks

How to volunteer at a food bank

We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped
Food

We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped

Universal credit flaws are driving people to food banks. It’s time it covered the essentials
Ayaz Manji

Universal credit flaws are driving people to food banks. It’s time it covered the essentials

Oxford university lecturers are turning to food banks. The scandal is that it’s no longer shocking
Bianca Robinson

Oxford university lecturers are turning to food banks. The scandal is that it’s no longer shocking

Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts
Food banks

Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts

I reached out to a food bank after losing everything – it changed my life forever
Hugh McNeill

I reached out to a food bank after losing everything – it changed my life forever

Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: ‘Our future is secure’
Food banks

Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: ‘Our future is secure’

Inside the food banks seeing ‘highest demand ever seen’ as cost of living harms families
Food banks

Inside the food banks seeing ‘highest demand ever seen’ as cost of living harms families

Can Labour end the need for food banks? The new Crisis and Resilience Fund is a welcome start
Sabine Goodwin

Can Labour end the need for food banks? The new Crisis and Resilience Fund is a welcome start

Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it’s time politicians knew about it
Amie Alissa Watson

Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it’s time politicians knew about it

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Labour’s disability benefit cuts will force nearly half a million people to turn to food banks
Disability benefits

Labour’s disability benefit cuts will force nearly half a million people to turn to food banks

Food banks urge Labour to rethink benefit cuts amid ‘heartbreaking’ surge in demand
Food banks

Food banks urge Labour to rethink benefit cuts amid ‘heartbreaking’ surge in demand

Meet the community champions working to end hunger and keep Britain fed: ‘Hunger is solvable’
Food poverty

Meet the community champions working to end hunger and keep Britain fed: ‘Hunger is solvable’

Food banks receiving ‘rotten’ donations from supermarkets ‘not fit for human consumption’
Food banks

Food banks receiving ‘rotten’ donations from supermarkets ‘not fit for human consumption’