Carving up a continent: The corporate takeover of African food
It’s time the UK government supported farmers and poor communities to build food systems for people not profit.
It’s time the UK government supported farmers and poor communities to build food systems for people not profit.
The DWP has been advising jobcentres on referring benefit claimants to food banks – despite the government’s insistence that food banks do not form part of the welfare system.
New figures released by the Trussell Trust show that the food bank charity provided emergency parcels containing three days food more than 600,000 times between April and December last year.
Britain’s food banks have been to be blocked from claiming millions in EU aid by Tory MEPs.
By slashing social security benefits the Tories therefore risk pushing some of the most vulnerable people in society back below the poverty line.
Five million workers are set to be left out of the economic recovery, according to a new report published today. The report, Working for Poverty, was authored by the Living Wage Commission and states that the economic recovery will havetest
Every so often in politics you hear a quote or a statistic that seems to suck all the air out of your lungs.
Five million families are likely to turn their heating down this winter because they can’t afford to pay for it.
The government should provide a non-profit, partially subsidised alternative alongside supermarkets.
Until it starts caring for all of the people it was elected to serve, people will continue to ask for help.