Food rejected by supermarkets to be used to help end UK hunger
UK farms are throwing away 7% of their annual harvest worth £1.2 billion every year because it does not meet retailers quality standards.
UK farms are throwing away 7% of their annual harvest worth £1.2 billion every year because it does not meet retailers quality standards.
Syria Solidarity shames PM on aid drops to besieged civillians
All demographics will see costs increase by about 2.7 per cent, IFS finds
Labour and Momentum activists sign letter calling on Corbyn to help Syrians stop the war
Over the next 11 weeks we will be looking at food in greater depth and putting the case for more progressive food policies
Food will be one of the major challenges of the 21st century – and one on which the UK Labour party can lead on
Carnivore Chris Olewicz, post-graduate history student and writer studying at the University of Sheffield, writes about the pocrisy of the horse meat ‘scandal’.
Alexzandar Swatton writes on a number of issues, both for this blog and others. A recent politics & sociology graduate from the University of Sheffield, Alex is a former business proprietor and a life-long, active member of the Labour Party. Phillipatest
Research released today shows teachers have seen a huge increase in the number of pupils coming to school hungry, reports Shamik Das.
Tracy Carty, Climate Change Policy Advisor at Oxfam, writes about Oxfam’s “Extreme Weather, Extreme Prices: The costs of feeding a warming world” report.