Union leaders call on Keir Starmer to end ‘food bank Britain’
General secretaries of some of the country’s leading trade unions have called upon Keir Starmer and the new…
Food Banks
There is no time to lose – hunger is rising and we need a strategy
The rise of food insecurity in the UK is grim. The Trussell Trust reports that its network distributed…
The Tories must treat the cost-of-living crisis with the same urgency as Covid
Birmingham City Council was one of the first to float the idea of operating ‘warm banks’ across our…
How we developed a right to food campaign tailored to the needs of Brent
On Monday, Brent council joined almost two dozen other local and metropolitan councils in declaring itself a ‘Right…
People rely on food banks because they “cannot cook properly”, Tory MP claims
Conservative MP Lee Anderson has been widely criticised after he claimed that the reason that food bank use…
A Labour government must shield the welfare state from future Tory attacks
The exasperated cry of “is that it?!” from Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth in response to…
Eat Out to Help Out. Is this the Chancellor’s ‘let them eat cake’ moment?
“We can all eat out to help out,” said Rishi Sunak, announcing his initiative to subsidise restaurant-goers to…
The school meal voucher scheme must continue over the summer holidays
There was a dire, unacceptable food poverty emergency even before the Covid-19 pandemic. Now coronavirus and its economic…
Labour demands urgent action on coronavirus food poverty
The Labour Party has called for urgent action to be taken by the government to address the shocking…
The Universal Credit wait is pushing our food banks to breaking point
Food policy has been overlooked by government for too long. The coronavirus outbreak is showing that the supply of…
