Food poverty

Shoppers are being forced to show receipts before leaving the store amid cost of living crisis
Shopping

Shoppers are being forced to show receipts before leaving the store amid cost of living crisis

From Sainsbury’s to Aldi, some major retailers have started checking shoppers’ receipts before they leave the store.

Would you prosecute a child for stealing baby formula? Shoplifting’s rise amid cost of living crisis
Cost of Living Crisis

Would you prosecute a child for stealing baby formula? Shoplifting’s rise amid cost of living crisis

Shoplifting is on the rise and retailers are calling for harsher prosecution. But poverty campaigners warn the problems are deeper and poverty must be tackled first

Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme as food prices soar and parents struggle to feed kids
Cost of Living

Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme as food prices soar and parents struggle to feed kids

More than 23,000 families have taken out interest-free loans since Iceland Food Club went nationwide last August. Now the scheme is receiving £2m to help more people during the cost of living crisis

Why is Keir Starmer being called Sir Kid Starver?
Labour

Why is Keir Starmer being called Sir Kid Starver?

The accidental food bank: How youth clubs are becoming frontline services
Food banks

The accidental food bank: How youth clubs are becoming frontline services

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Free school meals for all would generate billions for the economy. Here’s why
Week of action

Free school meals for all would generate billions for the economy. Here’s why

Community grocers have become the nation’s safety net
Food poverty

Community grocers have become the nation’s safety net

Will free school meals and vouchers be offered over the summer holidays in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?
Free school meals

Will free school meals and vouchers be offered over the summer holidays in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?

Free school meals: Everything you need to know
Free school meals

Free school meals: Everything you need to know

These countries offer free school meals for all – so why can’t the UK?
Week of action

These countries offer free school meals for all – so why can’t the UK?

Deliveroo is offering free meals to LGBTQ+ people facing homelessness
Pride Month

Deliveroo is offering free meals to LGBTQ+ people facing homelessness

How the Scottish government is hoping to end the need for food banks
Food banks

How the Scottish government is hoping to end the need for food banks

What are ultra-processed foods? The health risks explained
Health

What are ultra-processed foods? The health risks explained

Food poverty in the UK: The causes, figures and solutions
Food poverty

Food poverty in the UK: The causes, figures and solutions

‘We’re facing a policy-driven public health calamity’: Trussell Trust’s devastating report
Food banks

‘We’re facing a policy-driven public health calamity’: Trussell Trust’s devastating report

‘Anger’ as more people turn to Trussell Trust food banks than ever before
Cost of living crisis

‘Anger’ as more people turn to Trussell Trust food banks than ever before

What next for Carly Burd, the woman whose allotment sabotage became a story of hope?
Crowdfunding

What next for Carly Burd, the woman whose allotment sabotage became a story of hope?

As ever, it is women who are left to carry the load
Paul McNamee

As ever, it is women who are left to carry the load

Parents are increasingly turning to food banks to feed their babies in the cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

Parents are increasingly turning to food banks to feed their babies in the cost of living crisis

Four out of five people getting loans from supermarket Iceland to cover food costs are women
Food poverty

Four out of five people getting loans from supermarket Iceland to cover food costs are women

Seed libraries are planting joy in our communities when so much else seems gloomy
Cost of living crisis

Seed libraries are planting joy in our communities when so much else seems gloomy

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Mums on hunger strike since Mother’s Day in solidarity with parents who can’t feed their kids
Food poverty

Mums on hunger strike since Mother’s Day in solidarity with parents who can’t feed their kids

This food bank with a DJ is helping London’s homeless and vulnerable
Cost of living crisis

This food bank with a DJ is helping London’s homeless and vulnerable

Turnips and working more hours? Food bank workers say Thérèse Coffey is ‘living on a different planet’
Cost of living crisis

Turnips and working more hours? Food bank workers say Thérèse Coffey is ‘living on a different planet’

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Cost of living crisis
Changemakers 2023

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Cost of living crisis