Analysis: Demand for food banks remains high around the country leading up to Christmas
We find examples from December of increasing food bank use. Is this the news we can expect of a government fully committed to assaulting poverty?
We find examples from December of increasing food bank use. Is this the news we can expect of a government fully committed to assaulting poverty?
Hungry children in Stoke-on-Trent have been rummaging through bins looking for something to eat.
Food poverty is an extreme example of what happens when the welfare system breaks down.
Almost one million people had to rely on a food bank for emergency food aid in the past year.
Dan Jarvis MP (Labour, Barnsley Central) is the shadow culture minister There is enough food in the world to feed everyone. But not everyone has enough food. This simple truth – this injustice – was brought to our attention lasttest
Research released today shows teachers have seen a huge increase in the number of pupils coming to school hungry, reports Shamik Das.
Alex Hern reports on Edwina Curries shocking comments on poverty in Britain
The Disasters Emergency Committee are stepping up their efforts to raise donations and bring aid to the millions at risk from starvation in the Horn of Africa.
Why hasn’t the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) stepped in and done more to coordinate the UK response to the Horn of Africa food crisis, asks Lord Avebury.
Richard Miller, Executive Director of anti-poverty charity ActionAid, on how the international community could have done more to forsee the Horn of Africa emergency.