poverty
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.
DWP advises jobcentres on foodbank referrals
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.
The Trussell Trust supplies 600,000 emergency parcels in nine months
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.
Tory MEPs ‘taking food from the mouths of children’
Britain's food banks have been to be blocked from claiming millions in EU aid by Tory MEPs.
By restricting the up-rating of benefits, the coalition is pushing vulnerable people into poverty
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 excluded from recovery, says Living Wage Commission
Five million workers are set to be left out of the economic recovery, according to a new report published today. […]