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

Why are four million children still going hungry in the UK in 2026?
The figures are shocking, but no longer surprising. How do we fix it?
Labour MP calls on government to boost universal credit: ‘We need to up our game’

Labour MP calls on government to boost universal credit: ‘We need to up our game’
Neil Duncan-Jordan spoke to the Big Issue about why he wants to see an ‘essentials guarantee’ in universal credit, what he thinks about the government’s approach to welfare, and where he thinks Labour is going wrong
How the UK’s only cash-first food bank is shattering myths around aid: ‘Cash is the issue’

How the UK’s only cash-first food bank is shattering myths around aid: ‘Cash is the issue’
The North Paddington Foodbank is helping families in London with nowhere to go
How the groundbreaking Crisis and Resilience Fund can help end the need for food banks
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’
Gordon Brown: ‘This can’t go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable’
We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped

We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped
What a soup kitchen in London’s financial district thinks about a windfall tax on the banks

What a soup kitchen in London’s financial district thinks about a windfall tax on the banks
Universal credit flaws are driving people to food banks. It’s time it covered the essentials

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

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

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

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’

Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: ‘Our future is secure’
Can Labour end the need for food banks? The new Crisis and Resilience Fund is a welcome start

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

Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it’s time politicians knew about it
Council tries to evict food bank – despite referring 95% of its users: ‘There is nowhere to go’

Council tries to evict food bank – despite referring 95% of its users: ‘There is nowhere to go’
Labour’s disability benefit cuts will force nearly half a million people to turn to food banks

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 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’

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 receiving ‘rotten’ donations from supermarkets ‘not fit for human consumption’
Save tens of billions in public money by ending hunger – not slashing benefits, government told

Save tens of billions in public money by ending hunger – not slashing benefits, government told
‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’

‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’
Millions of universal credit and disability benefit claimants turn to food banks: ‘I’m terrified of cuts’

Millions of universal credit and disability benefit claimants turn to food banks: ‘I’m terrified of cuts’
UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning


