The Trussell Trust has revealed it gave out nearly a million food parcels in 2013, up from 347,000 the year before, with most food bank users...
Economic growth forecasts are being undermined by a lack of investment in UK businesses and the number of young people claiming jobseeker’s allowance, the British Chamber...
Local authorities across the UK are providing around £3m worth of support to local food banks, a BBC Panorama investigation has found. According to the investigation,...
The government are to unveil plans this week to tackle child poverty levels, after coming under intense criticism by church leaders over welfare reforms and local...
A leading charity has welcomed a government-commissioned report into the UK’s food crisis, saying that politicians “can’t ignore” that families are struggling to cope under falling...
Major pension funds and investors that already see the long-term financial risks associated with investing in high-carbon industries are “ahead of the curve”, according to pensions...
Food poverty charity the Trussell Trust has called on the prime minister to commission an urgent inquiry into the “scandalous” levels of food poverty in the UK, after dramatic...