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"We’re seeing soaring levels of need at food banks - the time to act is now"

Wartime Britain saw the development of a “circular economy”, designed to save precious resources.  Now, researchers at the University of Huddersfield argue there is an urgent need to develop a modern equivalent, to help eliminate supermarket food waste. They claim that cities and regions can reduce the burden of waste ...

Representatives from leading mental health charity Mind and anti-poverty charity The Trussell Trust gave evidence to the Public Accounts Committee yesterday about the roll-out of Universal Credit (UC). Both charities have recently called on the Government to delay the roll out of UC after the National Audit Office (NAO) released ...

We are almost at that time of year when the press office teams at the, increasingly corporate, food bank operators pump out the annual reports and latest figures for the millions who were helped by their food bank operation in 2017 .Their figure will give the main stream news the ...

By Garry Lemon, Head of External Affairs at Trussell Trust In the House of Commons on the 18th October last year, MPs were debating the biggest change to the British welfare system in a generation – a radical transformation that will eventually affect millions of UK households. On that day, MPs were ...

A kind-hearted mum who posted a tongue-in-cheek complaint to Aldi was given a free food shop - and handed the whole lot to her local foodbank. Blogger Gylisa Jayne had to rely on foodbanks during her childhood and always hoped to repay them as an adult. So when the supermarket ...

A food bank for pets has been set up to support people who are struggling to feed and care for their animals. Steven Smith, from Banff, Aberdeenshire launched the Aberdeen City and Shire Pet Food Bank -- the second the second of it's kind in Scotland -- in a bid ...

Early last year Jeremy Corbyn was roundly laughed at in the House of Commons for suggesting food poverty, inequality and climate change should also be included in the Government's national security review. The list of priorities had been reserved to armed military responses in the event of an attack and increasing spending ...

The banks of the Thames are awash with good restaurants in central London, but if you want something special it lies around 35 nautical miles down-river. Bray on Thames is a village a set on the banks of the river a stone's throw from Maidenhead and five miles north-west of ...