In the news: 2018 archive

Food prices and costs of living

Poorer areas of England have more fast food shops figures show
Poor households hit hard as UK inflation sticks at five-year high

Food insecurity

One fifth of people in Wales worry about running out of food
Food Foundation finds poorest families cannot meet healthy food guidelines of government
Child Food Insecurity in the UK
THE GUARDIAN – Food insecurity: a third of poorest households skip meals, survey finds
Food poverty: One in four parents have skipped meals in order to make ends meet, finds survey

Poverty

Benefit sanctions found to be ineffective and damaging
A fifth of UK population now in poverty amid worst decline for children and pensioners in decades, major report reveals
Nearly half of all children in London, Birmingham and Manchester live in poverty, finds study
Scotland urged to use devolved powers on child poverty
Universal Credit savaged by public spending watchdog NAO
Universal Credit tips poor into hardship says charity
Nearly 4 million adults forced to use food banks, figures reveal
Austerity will have cast an extra 1.5m children into poverty by 2021
People with 'nowhere else to turn' fuel rise in food bank use – study

Food bank use

Food bank use in UK reaches highest rate on record as benefits fail to cover basic costs
Food bank use 'could rise after universal credit roll-out'