foodbanks

April 2, 2019

Children growing up in poverty 'endure hunger and shame'

Children in low-income families are going hungry and are being exposed to feelings of shame and social exclusion because of lack of money and food, new research from UCL, published by Child Poverty Action Group shows.
March 28, 2019

Leave or Remain, we need a preferential option for the poor

Sometimes, Leavers and Remainers seem like divorcing parents so caught up in the battle for custody of their child, they fail to notice that the child is seriously ill.
March 27, 2019

Food bank parcels given out in Scotland almost double previously known figure

New figures reveal for the first time the number of food parcels given out by independently run food banks across the country.
March 19, 2019

Children paying the price of cuts in crisis support, says Children's Society

Parents are struggling to afford basics like feeding and clothing their children following Government funding cuts which have seen crisis support scaled back, says the Children's Society.
March 14, 2019

Spring Statement: starving the children to pay off the mortgage

As I listened to Phillip Hammond’s self-congratulatory assessment of
March 14, 2019

Trussell Trust and CPAG respond to Spring Statement

The Child Poverty Action Group says we have a moral responsibility to support struggling families, but the Chancellor has ducked this responsibility yet again.
February 27, 2019

Too many people left to live on thin air, Church of Scotland Moderator tells MSPs

The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has urged MSPs to put the most vulnerable people in society at the heart of political decision making.
February 13, 2019

Trussell Trust calls for an end to five week wait for Universal Credit

The Trussell Trust is calling for an end to the five week wait for first payments under Universal Credit.
February 12, 2019

Universal Credit, foodbanks, and media management

Imagine living in a country where an admission by the government that its own policies were causing hunger amongst the population was greeted as a positive development by social justice campaigners
January 30, 2019

Can a tour of foodbanks by two MPs serve any useful purpose?

I confess, when I first heard that Conservative MP Heidi Allen was undertaking a tour of foodbanks to understand the causes of poverty in the UK, I was very angry.