Helen Goodman: Growth of food banks and period poverty shames this country
Despite being the fifth largest economy in the world, there were over a million people using foodbanks in…
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Angela Smith: The message from Mosborough is very clear
Last night Labour crashed to a really shocking defeat in Mosborough in Sheffield. The by-election was caused by…
We need the political will to reduce hunger
The furore over tax credits has called the Prime Minister’s call for an “all-out assault on poverty” into…
Senior Tory tells local hustings he’s not sure food banks are a bad thing
Until recently Dominic Grieve was the Tory Attorney General, and a member of David Cameron’s Cabinet. Tonight he…
Food banks have now been used over a million times in the last year
The number of people dependent on food banks has risen from 61,468 in 2010/11 to over a million…
The Tories show no signs of wanting to tackle hunger in this country
On a recent canvass session in Brentford & Isleworth in West London, I met a man who told…
Cameron suggests rise in food bank use is down to better advertising
After George Osborne’s difficult Marr interview last week (where he failed to answer the same question 18 times)…
Foodbank Britain should be a temporary aberration, Labour have a good plan to deal with this
Three years ago, when I was a candidate for the London Assembly, I read an article in the…
What’s in Labour’s five point plan for reducing food bank dependency?
By Rachel Reeves MP and Maria Eagle MP The rise of food banks in 21stCentury Britain is nothing…
Murphy unveils 5 point plan to eradicate food banks in Scotland
Today Scottish labour leader Jim Murphy will unveil the party’s plan to eradicate food banks in Scotland. This will…
