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.
The UK government should take responsibility for addressing the raging income inequalities and the broken benefits system which have pushed so many into poverty.
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.
In one local authority 14 percent of people are classed as hungry and 30 percent are struggling to access food
The market alone can’t solve food poverty.
As Johnson digs his heels in on child hunger, we’re getting a clear sense of the government’s priorities.
“It would be false for me to say we can continue to meet indefinitely an unspecified level of demand.”
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UK farms are throwing away 7% of their annual harvest worth £1.2 billion every year because it does not meet retailers quality standards.
Raab’s views on food banks and ‘fit to work’ tests were among those featured
Conservative MP Heidi Allen announced last week that she was joining ex-Labour MP Frank Field in a nationwide ‘anti-austerity tour’ to highlight poverty and hunger across the UK. The pair have started their visit in London and Leicester, where Allentest