Category: Food poverty

Home Office food provision leaving some asylum seekers malnourished – report

Research 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...

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Free school meals ‘cut obesity and help reading skills’ in England, study finds

Labour 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...

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Gordon Brown calls for overhaul of benefits system as study reveals ‘crisis’

Exclusive: 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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Failure to stem rising cost of formula in UK putting babies at risk, say experts

Leading 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...

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More than 1 million UK children experienced destitution last year, study finds

Severe 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...

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No point in food price measures without targeting small stores, Which? warns

Consumer group tells chancellor ‘blanket approach’ will not address poor households’ access to affordable foodUK ministers’ efforts to reduce soaring food shopping bills “won’t touch the...

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UK ministers discuss voluntary price limits for basic foods but rule out imposing caps

Scheme would be at retailers’ discretion, says government, following talks between PM and chancellor and the food sectorThe UK government is working with supermarkets to voluntarily cap the price of basic food items in an...

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Top 10 hedge funds made £1.5bn profit from Ukraine war food price spike

Analysis covering first quarter of last year raises questions over role of speculators in inflating food pricesRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesHedge funds have emerged as some of the biggest winners from the global...

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