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

TV star AJ Odudu hasn’t forgotten her working-class roots. She returns to her native Blackburn regularly to help out in a food bank, where the impact of the cost of living crisis is all too real
AJ Odudu: 'I knew we were working class. I shared the top bunk with my younger sister for years'
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AJ Odudu: 'I knew we were working class. I shared the top bunk with my younger sister for years'

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

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

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
Sabine Goodwin

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

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

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

Poverty prevention is our best hope. Here's some tangible ways to keep people warm, dry and fed
Tom Clark

Poverty prevention is our best hope. Here's some tangible ways to keep people warm, dry and fed

Millions on universal credit left cold, without food and in debt – because the system is failing us
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Helen Barnard

Millions on universal credit left cold, without food and in debt – because the system is failing us

Food banks are helping hundreds of thousands of UK children to survive, data shows
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Cost of living crisis

Food banks are helping hundreds of thousands of UK children to survive, data shows

In these constant waves of crisis, Big Issue is needed more than ever
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Paul McNamee

In these constant waves of crisis, Big Issue is needed more than ever

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

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

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

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

All the best ways to help others in the cold weather
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All the best ways to help others in the cold weather

Food banks face 'tsunami of need' as record number of people seek help
Packages of food are lined along shelves and on the floor in a food bank
Food banks

Food banks face 'tsunami of need' as record number of people seek help

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

Money advice: How to access financial support quickly
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Money advice: How to access financial support quickly

This is the reality of using a food bank at Christmas
Amie Alissa Watson

This is the reality of using a food bank at Christmas