Food bank figures show Universal Credit “clearly failing”, says Labour
Labour has warned that Universal Credit is “clearly failing” as new figures show half of all households visiting…
Food Poverty
Dodds urges Sunak to “come clean” over role in blocking free school meals
Anneliese Dodds has called on the Chancellor to “come clean” about his role in the government’s refusal to…
Why every council needs a food poverty action plan
After last week’s vote against the Labour motion on free school meals, the surge of support for Marcus…
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…
The Agriculture Bill should be a golden opportunity to create a fair food system
Rising food poverty and the severe consequences of the climate crisis on our weather, landscapes and crops, means…
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…
World Food Day: Only Labour will end food poverty
The UK is the sixth richest country in the world but, after almost a decade of government austerity,…
What I’d be doing if parliament were not prorogued
The decision to prorogue parliament is controversial (and potentially illegal) for many reasons. Chief among them, quite rightly,…
Labour Hunger Campaign: We must do more to tackle food poverty
Last week, a teacher came to the food bank where I volunteer. Distressed that she couldn’t feed herself…
Children going hungry is a disgrace – and the Tories could fix it so easily
When the history books are written there will be many things the current Tory government has done which…
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