Exclusive: Study finds almost quarter of UK population living in poverty, reaching the highest level this century• Poverty figures render government numbers too little and action very lateMore than one in three children and...
Read MoreFood bank network Trussell has developed term to define deep poverty – but what does it mean, who is affected by it, and why?More than 9 million Britons vulnerable to reliance on food banks, research findsA study by the...
Read MoreOne million more people are in what Trussell charity defines as ‘hunger and hardship’ than five years agoHow many people in the UK are in ‘hunger and hardship’?More than 9 million people in the UK...
Read MoreAs the government scraps the winter fuel allowance for many pensioners, we outline the other benefits available for those in need and look at which ones need serious reformLabour MPs are warning millions of vulnerable people...
Read MoreThe ex-PM is opening the new facility supplying food and basic necessities against a backdrop of concerns for the wellbeing of children over the summer holidays The first “multibank” in London, distributing...
Read MoreFood Foundation says height of five-year-olds falling, child obesity up by a third and type 2 diabetes by a fifth Children across the UK are getting shorter, fatter and sicker amid an epidemic of poor diets, food insecurity and...
Read MoreIn the first instalment of a special series on the emblems of Tory Britain, the former prime minister Gordon Brown looks at the avoidable epidemic of hunger – which is getting worseIn Leeds, a child fails to turn up at...
Read MoreDWP briefing says jobcentres should no longer issue ‘signposting slips’ over concerns about data privacyJobcentre officials have been ordered to stop referring penniless benefit claimants to food banks because it...
Read MoreLeading doctors and charities urge children’s health minister to take action to support struggling familiesFailure to tackle the cost of soaring infant formula is creating a crisis of infant hunger and putting the health...
Read MoreSevere material hardship no longer a rarity, as study reveals impact of benefit cuts and cost of living crisisMore than 1 million children experienced destitution last year – meaning their families could not afford to...
Read MoreHeadteachers say it is ‘unsustainable’ to expect schools to keep stepping in to support desperate familiesOne in four teachers in England brought in food for hungry pupils out of concern for their welfare, a survey...
Read MoreResearch shows universal credit allowance far below cost of food, energy and essentials‘It’s dehumanising’: the food bank volunteer living on the breadlineThe UK’s leading poverty charities have called...
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