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More than 820,000 emergency food parcels were given out in the last six months, with some 301,653 going to children.

The price of food and drink will 'go through the roof' if the UK leaves the EU without a deal, a new study finds.

Celebrated food writer Jack Monroe is set to release a cook book for food bank users to help those on a shoestring budget maintain a nutritious, appetising and varied diet. Tin Can Cook focuses on using tinned or dried ingredients and is inspired by Monroe’s own experience of using food ...

The five-star Bankside Autograph Collection hotel doesn’t disappoint. Minutes from Blackfriars station, it’s nestled in the heart of authentic London. You’ll be greeted by friendly staff seated in an open desk area. This in itself created a warm, open welcome and eliminated the distance often created by standard hotel receptions. ...

New figures from the Trussell Trust show that the number of emergency food parcels their network has given to people in the past year has increased by 19% increase on the previous year. Around half of the people are resorting to foodbanks because of Universal Credit (UC) delays. 1,583,668 three-day ...

It has been some time in coming but eventually the Conservative Party has accepted that there is a link between the roll-out of Universal Credit and the increase usage of food banks, by those in desperate need of basic food and living supplies. Amber Rudd accepted that huge increase in ...

One in 10 parents under 30 in the UK has used a foodbank and one in six skips meals because they cannot afford food, according to research by Young Women’s Trust, a charity that helps young women on low or no pay. The figure rises to one in five among ...

Conservative politicians in Scotland have faced a backlash today after a Foodbank publicity stunt backfired. MPs including Ross Thomson, John Lamount, Kirstene Hair and Luke Graham appeared to use scripted copy to boast about donations they made to an annual food collection organised by supermarkets in conjunction with Trussell Trust. ...

Professor Green has talked of his heartbreak after volunteering at Lewisham Foodbank. The British singer joined The Trussell Trust at his local Foodbank to raise awareness of the nationwide problem and learn how best to help this Christmas. During the day, he met with the volunteers and clients on the frontline of ...