Food 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 MoreExclusive: Charities say ending household support fund in England will increase hardship for struggling familiesMore than half a million children will go hungry during school holiday periods from the October half-term if the...
Read MorePrice rises were bigger for budget foods than expensive varieties during peak years of inflation, research showsBritain’s poorest households saw the bill for their weekly shop rise by far more than that of the rich during...
Read MoreFood Foundation survey finds 14% of households experienced food insecurity in June, with hunger more prevalent in larger familiesFamilies hit by the two-child benefit cap are much more likely to go hungry, skip meals or be...
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 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 MoreResearch claims people have been hospitalised and children are ‘crying with hunger’ due to poor quality of food from contractorsFood provided to asylum seekers by Home Office contractors is of such poor quality that...
Read MoreFormer PM criticises ministers for ‘moral outrage’ of ‘systematically shredding’ social security systemGordon Brown: Grinding child poverty calls for anger – and a plan Britain is in the throes of a...
Read MoreExclusive: Children’s charity says applications for council support have quadrupled in England since 2018Local support for families in crisis has failed to keep up with an explosion in “bed poverty” in England...
Read MoreLabour MPs call to extend provision to every primary pupil in England after study finds health and learning improveLabour is facing calls from MPs to back the provision of free school meals for all primary school children in...
Read MoreExclusive: Jeremy Hunt urged to act over report showing poorest families spend 63p in each £1 on food and energy billsGordon Brown has urged Jeremy Hunt to act on startling new research into Britain’s threadbare...
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