Food poverty

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

The MAZI Project is a small, Bristol-based working to end hunger for young people. Founder Melanie Vaxevanakis writes from the coalface of food poverty

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

It’s 10 years since Wales appointed the world’s first future generations commissioner. Derek Walker tells Big Issue that his role needs more power to speak up for people who are not yet born and stand against political short-termism

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

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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’

One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs
Child poverty

One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs

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

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

Hunger is a violation of our basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK’s food bank crisis
Alex Firth

Hunger is a violation of our basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK’s food bank crisis

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

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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?’

Three million children are facing hunger in the UK – with kids under four most at risk
Poverty

Three million children are facing hunger in the UK – with kids under four most at risk

‘Food is expensive’: How free community meals have become lifelines for people struggling to survive
Poverty

‘Food is expensive’: How free community meals have become lifelines for people struggling to survive