Food

Ultra-processed food is often blamed for obesity – but we should be looking at government policy
Mark Game

Ultra-processed food is often blamed for obesity – but we should be looking at government policy

Mark Game, chief executive of food charity the Bread and Butter Thing, calls for the government to do more to tackle poor diets in the UK

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

A universal basic income could save British farmers from ruin, campaigners have urged – and reinvent our ‘broken’ agricultural system

32 places where kids can eat free or for £1 during the Easter holidays
Cost of living crisis

32 places where kids can eat free or for £1 during the Easter holidays

Here are all of the places where kids can eat for free and cheap during the Easter holidays, as families face the cost of living crisis

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

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

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

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‘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

‘It’s not just wonky veg’: Meet the women using an ancient practice to help tackle food poverty
Food poverty

‘It’s not just wonky veg’: Meet the women using an ancient practice to help tackle food poverty

Millions on universal credit left cold, without food and in debt – because the system is failing us
Helen Barnard

Millions on universal credit left cold, without food and in debt – because the system is failing us

How viral Wetherspoons game is helping feed hungry homeless people: ‘Everyone wants to help’
Homelessness

How viral Wetherspoons game is helping feed hungry homeless people: ‘Everyone wants to help’

Restaurateur Hakan Topkaya puts love into his kebabs. The cost of living crisis threatens it all
Hospitality

Restaurateur Hakan Topkaya puts love into his kebabs. The cost of living crisis threatens it all

UK hospitality is fighting for survival. What does that mean for our kebabs, curries and chips?
Cost of living

UK hospitality is fighting for survival. What does that mean for our kebabs, curries and chips?

We need you! Join Jamie Oliver by sharing your delicious recipes that do the most with the least
The Big Issue Recipe Collection

We need you! Join Jamie Oliver by sharing your delicious recipes that do the most with the least

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Food and nutrition
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Food and nutrition

Carib Eats: Meet the grassroots group helping the needy with Caribbean food and community
Cost of living crisis

Carib Eats: Meet the grassroots group helping the needy with Caribbean food and community

How much more expensive will Christmas dinner be this year due to cost of living crisis?
Cost of living

How much more expensive will Christmas dinner be this year due to cost of living crisis?

Food bank volunteers at breaking point as demand rises: ‘We must absorb the sadness and soldier on’
Charlotte White

Food bank volunteers at breaking point as demand rises: ‘We must absorb the sadness and soldier on’

Bake Off star Sandro Farmhouse is spreading Christmas cheer with baking and ‘happy days’
Christmas

Bake Off star Sandro Farmhouse is spreading Christmas cheer with baking and ‘happy days’

UK’s food poverty crisis is spiralling out of control – and there’s only one way to fix it
Sabine Goodwin

UK’s food poverty crisis is spiralling out of control – and there’s only one way to fix it

King Charles III: ‘My birthday wish for our people and planet’
King Charles III

King Charles III: ‘My birthday wish for our people and planet’

Malnutrition impacts half a million and costs the NHS billions. UK government needs to ‘wake up’
Malnutrition

Malnutrition impacts half a million and costs the NHS billions. UK government needs to ‘wake up’

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Tory by-election candidate blasted over post telling jobless, struggling parents to ‘f**k off’
Conservative Party

Tory by-election candidate blasted over post telling jobless, struggling parents to ‘f**k off’

Boiling Point review – five-star TV worth the strain
Lucy Sweet

Boiling Point review – five-star TV worth the strain

Shoppers are being forced to show receipts before leaving the store amid cost of living crisis
Shopping

Shoppers are being forced to show receipts before leaving the store amid cost of living crisis

Cost of living crisis sparks troubling rise in malnutrition and return of ‘Victorian’ diseases
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living crisis sparks troubling rise in malnutrition and return of ‘Victorian’ diseases