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Food Poverty

News

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…
Elliot Chappell
1st December, 2020, 11:36 am
News

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…
Andrew Kersley
28th October, 2020, 11:10 am
Comment

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…
Jane Middleton
27th October, 2020, 1:50 pm
Comment

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…
Rory Palmer
6th June, 2020, 12:30 pm
Comment

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…
Luke Pollard
13th May, 2020, 12:30 pm
News

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…
Sienna Rodgers
1st May, 2020, 12:01 am
Comment

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,…
Damien Egan
16th October, 2019, 4:00 pm
Comment

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,…
Tracy Brabin
13th September, 2019, 8:00 am
Comment

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…
Jane Middleton
30th May, 2019, 10:00 am
Comment

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…
Rory Palmer
27th August, 2017, 7:00 am
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