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Food Banks

Hunger is a violation of our basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK's food bank crisis
People collecting food at a food bank
Alex Firth

Hunger is a violation of our basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK's food bank crisis

Number of people turning to food banks is shocking – but it's the tip of the hunger iceberg
woman packing food parcels in food bank
Sabine Goodwin

Number of people turning to food banks is shocking – but it's the tip of the hunger iceberg

Ghosts star Charlotte Ritchie: 'It's a tragedy people can't afford their essentials'
Charlotte Ritchie at Trussell food bank
Food banks

Ghosts star Charlotte Ritchie: 'It's a tragedy people can't afford their essentials'

'This cannot go on': Hundreds of thousands of people turning to food banks for the first time
food bank
Food banks

'This cannot go on': Hundreds of thousands of people turning to food banks for the first time

Over half of London working parents use food banks, study finds: 'Is this the country we live in?'
Food banks

Over half of London working parents use food banks, study finds: 'Is this the country we live in?'

TV star AJ Odudu on why life can be 'humbling' and how we can all restore hope
Exclusive

TV star AJ Odudu on why life can be 'humbling' and how we can all restore hope

How 'social supermarkets' offer hope and dignity for people facing hunger
food banks/ rising costs
Caroline Moraes

How 'social supermarkets' offer hope and dignity for people facing hunger

Cost of living crisis is over? Try telling that to millions of Brits struggling to feed their kids
Lynn Perry

Cost of living crisis is over? Try telling that to millions of Brits struggling to feed their kids

Millions of Brits struggle to buy enough food for their children, research finds
A small child's hand holds an adult's finger
Child poverty

Millions of Brits struggle to buy enough food for their children, research finds

Universal credit is failing with millions relying on food banks – we need urgent reform now
Helen Barnard

Universal credit is failing with millions relying on food banks – we need urgent reform now

DWP extending hardship fund is welcome – but we need concrete, rapid actions to end poverty crisis
Stock image of bank notes with pound coins
Sabine Goodwin

DWP extending hardship fund is welcome – but we need concrete, rapid actions to end poverty crisis

Half of people claiming universal credit ran out of food in the last month
Trussell Trust food banks
Universal Credit

Half of people claiming universal credit ran out of food in the last month

Food banks can take hope from election result – if Labour takes action before another tough winter
food bank
Charlotte White

Food banks can take hope from election result – if Labour takes action before another tough winter

Labour is yet to give much hope it will reduce poverty. We need more from the new government
keir starmer labour leader
Sabine Goodwin

Labour is yet to give much hope it will reduce poverty. We need more from the new government

Keir Starmer promises 'sunlight of hope' – but can he offer progress on ending poverty in the UK?
Keir Starmer
Poverty

Keir Starmer promises 'sunlight of hope' – but can he offer progress on ending poverty in the UK?

Things can only get better... if the Labour government takes urgent action to tackle poverty
labour keir starmer
Helen Barnard

Things can only get better... if the Labour government takes urgent action to tackle poverty

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Letters: DWP benefit reforms are fuelled by decades of disability hate
Letters

Letters: DWP benefit reforms are fuelled by decades of disability hate

Time is running out – the next government needs a proper plan to end reliance on food banks
Queueing for a foodbank
Sabine Goodwin

Time is running out – the next government needs a proper plan to end reliance on food banks

We must 'tackle poverty to save the NHS and improve the nation's health', next government told
Health

We must 'tackle poverty to save the NHS and improve the nation's health', next government told

Why DWP urgently needs to make universal credit enough so people can afford the essentials
universal credit essentials guarantee/ supermarket
Universal credit

Why DWP urgently needs to make universal credit enough so people can afford the essentials

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