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Diary of a food bank manager: 'Are we normalising food banks?'
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Diary of a food bank manager

Diary of a food bank manager: 'Are we normalising food banks?'

Eating disorder charity says cost of living crisis has led to increase in calls
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Cost of living crisis

Eating disorder charity says cost of living crisis has led to increase in calls

UK faces its 'worst food crisis in a very long time', expert warns
Shoppers in a supermarket stand at the check out and load their food
Cost of living crisis

UK faces its 'worst food crisis in a very long time', expert warns

Food price comparison site that helps 'hundreds of thousands of people' faces closure
Food comparison site Trolley is at risk/ Image of trolleys
Cost of living crisis

Food price comparison site that helps 'hundreds of thousands of people' faces closure

7 million families have missed out on food and hot water this year due to the cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

7 million families have missed out on food and hot water this year due to the cost of living crisis

People are eating less healthy food because of the cost of living crisis
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Cost of living crisis

People are eating less healthy food because of the cost of living crisis

Brits are donating more to charity despite the cost of living crisis
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Cost of living crisis

Brits are donating more to charity despite the cost of living crisis

The government's food strategy fails to join the dots of a global emergency
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Paul McNamee

The government's food strategy fails to join the dots of a global emergency

Cost of living crisis: Three quarters of Britons worried about rising cost of food, study finds
Cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living crisis: Three quarters of Britons worried about rising cost of food, study finds

‘It’s expensive to be poor’: How the cost of living crisis has impacted food prices
Food poverty

‘It’s expensive to be poor’: How the cost of living crisis has impacted food prices

Donations are down and customers are up - food banks say they are at crisis point
Volunteers at the Earlsfield Foodbank sort Easter eggs for their guests
Food banks

Donations are down and customers are up - food banks say they are at crisis point

Diary of a food bank manager: 'MPs' comments do not relate in any way to what we see'
A volunteer at Earlsfield food bank sorts fresh food for guests to cook
Diary of a food bank manager

Diary of a food bank manager: 'MPs' comments do not relate in any way to what we see'

Eat your pets, and other innovative ways to get through the cost of living crisis
A doe-eyed puppy lies on a bed looking up at the camera
Cost of living crisis

Eat your pets, and other innovative ways to get through the cost of living crisis

Inside the homeless soup kitchen asking Nicola Sturgeon for a helping hand
Homeless Project Scotland
Cost of living crisis

Inside the homeless soup kitchen asking Nicola Sturgeon for a helping hand

A food charity has shut down claims from a Tory MP that people in poverty can't cook
cost of living
Food banks

A food charity has shut down claims from a Tory MP that people in poverty can't cook

Tory MP claims people use food banks because they can't cook or budget properly
Lee Anderson on food banks
Food banks

Tory MP claims people use food banks because they can't cook or budget properly

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The government says the cost of living crisis is 'top priority' - but has offered no new support
cost of living
Cost of living crisis

The government says the cost of living crisis is 'top priority' - but has offered no new support

Families are pawning their belongings to pay for food as the cost of living rises
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Cost of living crisis

Families are pawning their belongings to pay for food as the cost of living rises

Diary of a food bank manager: 'The situation is becoming more and more desperate'
Diary of a food bank manager

Diary of a food bank manager: 'The situation is becoming more and more desperate'

Why food prices are increasing so much
UK cost of living inflation
Cost of living crisis

Why food prices are increasing so much

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