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