Social Justice

Baby banks are the hidden emergency service Labour cannot afford to ignore
mother and baby at a baby bank
Hannah Pentith

Baby banks are the hidden emergency service Labour cannot afford to ignore

Andy Burnham’s government recently expanded its Healthy Baby programme to support deprived families with very young children, but more needs to be done as baby banks see rising demand
‘A child’s life can be made easier by money arriving when it should’
a child at a food shop
Baroness Maeve Sherlock

‘A child’s life can be made easier by money arriving when it should’

‘I waited nine months for PIP decision. It was horrendous and my mental health suffered’
PIP claimant Jake
Gabrielle Pickard Whitehead

‘I waited nine months for PIP decision. It was horrendous and my mental health suffered’

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Mass dependence on emergency food parcels is a ‘moral scar’ on Britain. How do we end it?
Sabine Goodwin

Mass dependence on emergency food parcels is a ‘moral scar’ on Britain. How do we end it?

This is how Andy Burnham’s government could end the need for food banks 
Heather Buckingham

This is how Andy Burnham’s government could end the need for food banks 

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Baby banks are the hidden emergency service Labour cannot afford to ignore
mother and baby at a baby bank
Hannah Pentith

Baby banks are the hidden emergency service Labour cannot afford to ignore

Inside the Big Issue: Food for Good: Open in emergency
Big Issue 1738 cover
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Food for Good: Open in emergency

What could be in chancellor John Healey’s autumn budget and what could it mean for you?
Chancellor John Healey delivering a 'growth speech'. at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry.
Politics

What could be in chancellor John Healey’s autumn budget and what could it mean for you?

Mass dependence on emergency food parcels is a ‘moral scar’ on Britain. How do we end it?
Lisburn Foodbank in Northern Ireland. Image: Trussell/ Robert Stothard
Sabine Goodwin

Mass dependence on emergency food parcels is a ‘moral scar’ on Britain. How do we end it?

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More children will get free school meals this school year. Here’s what you need to know
child eating meal at school
Free school meals

More children will get free school meals this school year. Here’s what you need to know

Experts issue energy bill ‘red warning’ as price cap rise risks pushing millions into fuel poverty
A person adjusting a heating control device
Fuel Poverty

Experts issue energy bill ‘red warning’ as price cap rise risks pushing millions into fuel poverty

Energy bills are rising. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?
energy bills
Cost of living

Energy bills are rising. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?

What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say
stephen timms
Benefits

What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say

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More children will get free school meals this school year. Here’s what you need to know
child eating meal at school
Free school meals

More children will get free school meals this school year. Here’s what you need to know

Energy bills are rising. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?
energy bills
Cost of living

Energy bills are rising. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?

What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say
stephen timms
Benefits

What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?
Child poverty

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?

Food banks

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Mass dependence on emergency food parcels is a ‘moral scar’ on Britain. How do we end it?
Lisburn Foodbank in Northern Ireland. Image: Trussell/ Robert Stothard
Sabine Goodwin

Mass dependence on emergency food parcels is a ‘moral scar’ on Britain. How do we end it?

This is how Andy Burnham’s government could end the need for food banks 
andy burnham at the passage
Heather Buckingham

This is how Andy Burnham’s government could end the need for food banks 

Do food banks need to exist until we end hunger? We’d rather live in a Food Bank Free Britain
campaign imagery showing woman holding up a sign calling for a food bank free britain
Stef Lake, Ronald Ranta and Carl Walker

Do food banks need to exist until we end hunger? We’d rather live in a Food Bank Free Britain

‘I’m a single mum. Summer school holidays mean a bigger food bill’
Food bajnk user Kylie at Weaver's Adventure playground
Food

‘I’m a single mum. Summer school holidays mean a bigger food bill’

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I have seen the future. People are paid a basic income to escape ‘labourism’
Actor and activist Fehinti Balogun
Theatre

I have seen the future. People are paid a basic income to escape ‘labourism’

Why do people live 14 years longer at one end of Leeds’ famous Otley Run pub crawl than the other?
people on the Otley Run in Leeds
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Why do people live 14 years longer at one end of Leeds’ famous Otley Run pub crawl than the other?

It’s 15 years since Amy Winehouse died. Here’s how her legacy is helping women overcome addiction
Current and former residents of Amy's Place
Social Justice

It’s 15 years since Amy Winehouse died. Here’s how her legacy is helping women overcome addiction