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Food Banks
Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: 'Our future is secure'
Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: 'Our future is secure'
A food bank in one of England's child poverty hotspots will be able to keep feeding thousands of family after a council stops its court bid to evict it
Inside the food banks seeing 'highest demand ever seen' as cost of living harms families
Inside the food banks seeing 'highest demand ever seen' as cost of living harms families
Can Labour end the need for food banks? The new Crisis and Resilience Fund is a welcome start
Can Labour end the need for food banks? The new Crisis and Resilience Fund is a welcome start
Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it's time politicians knew about it
Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it's time politicians knew about it
Council tries to evict food bank – despite referring 95% of its users: 'There is nowhere to go'
Council tries to evict food bank – despite referring 95% of its users: 'There is nowhere to go'
Labour's disability benefit cuts will force nearly half a million people to turn to food banks
Labour's disability benefit cuts will force nearly half a million people to turn to food banks
Food banks urge Labour to rethink benefit cuts amid 'heartbreaking' surge in demand
Food banks urge Labour to rethink benefit cuts amid 'heartbreaking' surge in demand
Meet the community champions working to end hunger and keep Britain fed: 'Hunger is solvable'
Meet the community champions working to end hunger and keep Britain fed: 'Hunger is solvable'
Food banks receiving 'rotten' donations from supermarkets 'not fit for human consumption'
Food banks receiving 'rotten' donations from supermarkets 'not fit for human consumption'
Save tens of billions in public money by ending hunger – not slashing benefits, government told
Save tens of billions in public money by ending hunger – not slashing benefits, government told
Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste
Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste
'Frustrated, angry, exhausted': Food banks forced to 'throw out food donated by supermarkets'
'Frustrated, angry, exhausted': Food banks forced to 'throw out food donated by supermarkets'
Millions of universal credit and disability benefit claimants turn to food banks: 'I'm terrified of cuts'
Millions of universal credit and disability benefit claimants turn to food banks: 'I'm terrified of cuts'
UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning
UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning
Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Food and nutrition
Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Food and nutrition
Majority of social housing tenants struggling to pay rent – here's why
Majority of social housing tenants struggling to pay rent – here's why
How do we keep hope alive in 2025 when so many people are going hungry?
How do we keep hope alive in 2025 when so many people are going hungry?
Food banks are a lifeline – but not the solution. There are better ways to tackle poverty in 2025
Food banks are a lifeline – but not the solution. There are better ways to tackle poverty in 2025
'I was really struggling': Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme it says slashes food bank usage
'I was really struggling': Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme it says slashes food bank usage
Here's how to donate to a food bank near you this winter
Here's how to donate to a food bank near you this winter
Hunger is a violation of our basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK's food bank crisis
Hunger is a violation of our basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK's food bank crisis
Number of people turning to food banks is shocking – but it's the tip of the hunger iceberg
Number of people turning to food banks is shocking – but it's the tip of the hunger iceberg
Ghosts star Charlotte Ritchie: 'It's a tragedy people can't afford their essentials'
