Quarter of UK universities offer food banks to students as cost of living soars
The report ‘raises important questions about whether universities should themselves be the ones to plug the growing gaps in student finance’.
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Outrage as Johnny Mercer says military personnel using food banks is a ‘personal choice’
A report out this year found instances of one serving mother who was forced to go without a hot meal for days because she spent her last money on baby milk formula.
Food banks in hospitals now the norm, say nurses
A union official said the NHS has reached a ‘boiling point’.
Tory MP’s comments over nurses using food banks branded ‘heartless’
Simon Clarke, Liz Truss’s levelling up secretary, said in a radio interview the debate over nurses’ pay has ‘got way out of hand’.
Tory MP tells firefighters using food banks to ‘learn how to budget’
“You are a public servant that should be helping people instead of making grubby suggestions about how they should live their lives", one person said in response.
Food banks ‘at breaking point’ with 320,000 first-time users
New research from the Trussell Trust shows record-breaking levels of need, with one in five individuals referred coming from working households.
As food banks run dry mourners asked to stop bringing marmalade sandwiches
The Royal Parks also said teddy bears, corgi soft toys, balloons, lit candles or any non-floral items will not be accepted either.
Food banks warn third of parcels being given to children as charities ration supplies
They said food banks are having to cut back on supplying fresh fruit and vegetables and that volunteers are "overstretched and exhausted".
Hospitals set up food banks for NHS staff unable to afford basic food due to rising cost of living
"Health workers helping the NHS recover from the worst of the pandemic no longer have enough money to feed their families."