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Jack Monroe

Jack Monroe is a campaigner, columnist and author

October 2016

  • I, Daniel Blake

    I am Daniel Blake – and there are millions more like me

    Jack Monroe
    Writer and activist Jack Monroe knows from their own experience that Ken Loach’s portrayal of life on benefits is heart-wrenchingly accurate

September 2016

  • Hayley Squires and Dave Johns as Katie and Daniel and Briana Shann and Dylan McKiernan as Daisy and Dylan in I, Daniel Blake.

    I, Daniel Blake: Ken Loach and the scandal of Britain’s benefits system

    The veteran director’s latest movie lays bare the cruel realities for those who fall through the cracks of society. We look at Loach’s work and the politics that drive it, while, below, campaigners, artists and analysts react to the film

August 2016

  • Students in a cafeteria

    What kind of school punishes a hungry child?

    Jack Monroe
    Poverty and hunger go hand in hand. The head who puts pupils in ‘lunch isolation’ over unpaid bills is making a bad situation far, far worse

May 2016

  • Second world war Spitfire pilot Roberta (formerly Robert) Cowell had the first known British male to female transgender surgery in the 1950s.

    I’m a little bit female and a little bit male. Finally, I fit in my skin

    Jack Monroe
    I am transgender and have been on hormones for eight months – and I’ve never been happier

January 2016

  • Vegan meal

    My meat addiction is over: I’ve gone vegan, and it’s brilliant

    Jack Monroe
    No hard-to-find ingredients, no complicated recipes, no cruelty: vegan food is affordable, accessible and absolutely delicious

December 2015

  • Care cost cap<br>File photo dated 23/2/2014 of older people at a charity tea party in London. The delay in implementing the cap on care costs is "disappointing" and the Government should draw up a clear timetable for putting it in place to prevent people facing unlimited expenses, a powerful committee of MPs has recommended. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday December 2, 2015. The Commons Public Accounts Committee also warned continued cuts to local authority budgets could result in people not getting the care services they need. See PA story POLITICS Care. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

    Charging old people for falling down is an affront to human decency

    Jack Monroe
    Cuts have forced local councils to save money, but making people pay to be helped off the ground is sinister and cruel

October 2015

  • ‘If my ovaries-and-testosterone combo makes you so uncomfortable, go check out Conchita Wurst.’

    We’re all a bit non-binary inside. So why do we segregate by gender?

    Jack Monroe
  • Still from Brave Man music video by Will Young

    The Brave Man video is a fair portrait of trans life – it does not deserve your rage

    Jack Monroe

May 2015

  • A firefighter tackling a fire at Nottingham University in September 2014

    David Cameron compares himself to a firefighter. He has no right

    Jack Monroe
    I grew up in the Fire Service and know how difficult their job is – the Tory leader wouldn’t last five minutes

April 2015

  • A volunteer selects food for a visitor's order at a foodbank charity in west London

    Crisis? What crisis? How politicians ignore the existence of food banks

    Jack Monroe
  • Opposition party leaders television debate

    Focused group
    TV debate verdict: the race to keep the bogeyman out of No 10

    Val McDermid, Jack Monroe and Mike Read
  • Jack Monroe's lentil, bean and kale salad.

    Jack Monroe's recipes for life
    Jack Monroe’s lentil, bean and kale salad recipe

  • Jack Monroe's spring herb risotto recipe

    Jack Monroe's recipes for life
    Jack Monroe’s spring herb risotto recipe

  • Focused group
    Leaders’ debate verdict: ‘It’s not a good night when Gary Lineker calls you a dick on Twitter’

    Harry Leslie Smith, Val McDermid, Salma Yaqoob, Saleyha Ahsan, Grayson Perry, Musharaf Asghar, Jack Monroe, Kirstie Allsopp and Mike Read

  • Jack Monroe's recipes for life
    Jack Monroe’s barbecue cola ribs recipe

March 2015

  • Jack Monroe's bunny bucco

    Jack Monroe's recipes for life
    Jack Monroe’s bunny bucco recipe

    This rabbit stew is inspired by osso bucco, but I don’t serve it with the traditional risotto Milanese – simple rice or potatoes fit the bill
  • Ed Miliband delivering a speech on immigration

    I didn’t leave the Labour party – it left me

    Jack Monroe
    It’s easier being Green if, as I do, you believe in a national health service, public transport, sustainable energy and fair pay for fair work

    • Jack Monroe's recipes for life
      Jack Monroe’s Chinese chicken curry recipe

    • Jack Monroe's recipes for life
      Jack Monroe’s brown bread ice-cream recipe

    • Jack Monroe's recipes for life
      Jack Monroe’s tom kha gai soup recipe

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