Food poverty

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

Food bank use continues to rise across the UK and ‘people are concerned about the future’ ahead of benefit cuts which could push more people into poverty

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

Amie, a town councillor and mother-of-two, had no choice but to use a food bank. She’ll be joining more than 700 campaigners in Westminster on 18 June calling for urgent action against the rising tide of poverty in the UK

DWP warned benefit claimants are dying of starvation
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP warned benefit claimants are dying of starvation

The Work and Pensions Select Committee is calling for the government to be made legally-responsible for safeguarding benefit claimants

I work on the frontline of food poverty. This is what hunger in Britain really looks like
Melanie Vaxevanakis

I work on the frontline of food poverty. This is what hunger in Britain really looks like

Wales’ future generations commissioner warns we’re not doing enough for people yet to be born
Future Generations

Wales’ future generations commissioner warns we’re not doing enough for people yet to be born

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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

Keir Starmer promised to end food bank Britain. Now it feels nothing more than a pipe dream
Sabine Goodwin

Keir Starmer promised to end food bank Britain. Now it feels nothing more than a pipe dream

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’

How bringing back Churchill’s wartime canteen culture could help tackle food poverty
Food

How bringing back Churchill’s wartime canteen culture could help tackle food poverty

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’

‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’
Food banks

‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’

Victorian illnesses like rickets are on the rise. We need radical change to end malnutrition
Lynn Perry

Victorian illnesses like rickets are on the rise. We need radical change to end malnutrition

Over 85,000 children in Britain living in extreme poverty: ‘There’s a sense of hopelessness’
Child poverty

Over 85,000 children in Britain living in extreme poverty: ‘There’s a sense of hopelessness’

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

Retailers warn there’s ‘little hope of prices going anywhere but up’ – while they make huge profits
Cost of living crisis

Retailers warn there’s ‘little hope of prices going anywhere but up’ – while they make huge profits

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?

How do we keep hope alive in 2025 when so many people are going hungry?
Sabine Goodwin

How do we keep hope alive in 2025 when so many people are going hungry?

Food banks are a lifeline – but not the solution. There are better ways to tackle poverty in 2025
Helen Barnard

Food banks are a lifeline – but not the solution. There are better ways to tackle poverty in 2025

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’?

‘A national disgrace’: A quarter of households with children under four don’t have enough food
Food poverty

‘A national disgrace’: A quarter of households with children under four don’t have enough food

How to volunteer at a food bank
Food banks

How to volunteer at a food bank

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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

‘This cannot go on’: Hundreds of thousands of people turning to food banks for the first time
Food banks

‘This cannot go on’: Hundreds of thousands of people turning to food banks for the first time

Volunteering at a soup kitchen: how to volunteer and what to expect
volunteering

Volunteering at a soup kitchen: how to volunteer and what to expect

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?’