Comment Foodbank use is at a record high. Here’s how Labour could end hunger by 2030 With Britain’s food banks reporting their busiest few months on record, the signs of human wreckage and suffering… Andrew Forsey 26th April, 2023, 1:08 pm
Comment PMQs: Rayner makes the most of rifts within the Conservative Party It was the turn of Angela Rayner and Dominic Raab to face off at the despatch box this… Katie Neame 29th June, 2022, 1:35 pm
Comment The UK economy is going very wrong, and we can’t just treat the symptoms Today I’m launching Making Ends Meet, a campaign to change our economy and not just to treat the… Alison McGovern 27th June, 2019, 11:26 am
Comment Rory Palmer: People in food poverty can’t afford a no deal Brexit Holiday hunger is a national disgrace. It shames our country that kids cannot get a decent meal. This… Rory Palmer 26th August, 2018, 10:00 am
Comment Cowardly May came to our seaside town, tried the chips and ignored the people living in hunger and poverty My eyes rolled and I groaned when I heard Theresa May was coming to Plymouth and Cornwall this… Margaret Corvid 4th May, 2017, 1:30 pm
News Abrahams: Rising demand for foodbanks a “damning indictment of Tory failure” Delays in the payment of benefits were the biggest driver of demand for foodbanks, Britain’s largest provider said… Peter Edwards 8th November, 2016, 9:38 am
Comment Labour needs strong leadership and a plan to tackle UKIP, a former PPC writes It’s No Game (Part 1) So Boris is out and Gove is in. Great news for the commentariat… Mike Le-Surf 4th July, 2016, 5:05 pm
Comment Despite the government’s claims of recovery, the foodbank crisis isn’t going away This week, following on from my work with Leeds West foodbank and the Yorkshire Evening Post’s (YEP) excellent… Jamie Hanley 1st August, 2014, 4:18 pm
News Are the Tories planning to veto money for UK foodbanks? As we already know, the use of foodbanks has risen sharply in recent years, and yet the Tories… 11th June, 2013, 1:49 pm