food banks
DWP criticised for rejecting calls to pause Universal Credit payment deductions during cost-of-living crisis
‘The deductions policy is acting as a recruiting sergeant for food banks.’
Low-paid NHS staff forced to use food banks as they face huge real wage hit
Nurses who face a shocking real terms pay cut this year of £1,600, are being forced to use food banks to feed families.
Bedding banks appear alongside food banks as fuel poverty kicks in
‘This is poverty at its demeaning and degrading worst.’
Food banks risk turning people away as government continues assault on welfare claimants
As the government launches a fresh attack on Universal Credit claimants and confirms the NI rise will go ahead, food banks warn they will not be able to keep up with demand.
Food banks have become the norm. But poverty should never be normal.
The UK government should take responsibility for addressing the raging income inequalities and the broken benefits system which have pushed so many into poverty.
‘Frankly a disgrace’: Food bank use remains “well above pre-pandemic level”
Dependence on food banks is still “well above” what it was before the pandemic, with emergency parcels feeding children on the rise, says Britain’s leading food bank charity.