Grants should be available to help the “most vulnerable” cope with delays in Universal Credit payments without having to resort to foodbanks, MPs have heard. Change UK acting leader Heidi
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Some £88 million destined to help feed the poorest children is feared “lost”, ministers have been warned. Former welfare reform minister Frank Field raised concerns over what happens to cash
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Parents are cutting back on fresh food, building up debts and being forced to drop children’s activities like swimming lessons because of the two-child Universal Credit and tax credit limit,
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Heavy metal group Metallica made a substantial donation to a Manchester-based homeless charity after playing a sold-out concert at the city’s Etihad Stadium. The group gifted more than £40,000 to
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The Work and Pensions Secretary has told MPs “there are many reasons why someone might use a food bank” in a defence of Universal Credit. Amber Rudd appeared to row
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More than 130,000 households missed out on free food vouchers last year while the Government “wasted time fighting over Brexit”, health and welfare charities claim. In a joint letter to
Read MoreAlmost a third of a million homes in Scotland have received help from a scheme that helps hard-up families struggling to pay for heating and eating. Since it was set
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An independent children’s food watchdog is needed to help tackle child food insecurity in the UK, according to a report. Young people are joining actor and Children’s Future Food Inquiry
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A record near-1.6 million emergency supplies have been handed out by food banks in the past year, with a third going to children, figures reveal. The Trussell Trust said the
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Children are going hungry as free school meals are not offered to many whose parents are on a low income, a new study suggests. A report for the Child Poverty
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