The government’s overall objective should be simple: zero hunger
Food poverty is an extreme example of what happens when the welfare system breaks down.
Food poverty is an extreme example of what happens when the welfare system breaks down.
Incomes in the West Midlands are significantly lower than in the poorest regions of Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.
The percentage of households in the UK who are below society’s minimum standard of living has increased from 14% to 33% over the last 30 years, according to a new study of poverty and deprivation.
Almost 96,000 people collected three days emergency food aid from a London food bank in the last financial year.
The coalition needs to “own up to the role it’s playing” in the growth of food banks, a new report says.
The prize will be awarded to the best civil society initiative that can demonstrate that it has reduced poverty in a tangible way.
The Tories are trying to discredit food banks because the alternative would be to accept that their policies are creating poverty.
The government is citing out of date figures in an attempt to wriggle out of its food bank shame, writes James Bloodworth.
Almost one million people had to rely on a food bank for emergency food aid in the past year.
People hit by the hated Bedroom Tax are choosing between eating and heating, with three quarters cutting back on food bills, according to a new report.