‘From another galaxy’: Hunt makes few friends in Surrey town with £100k remarks
In Godalming, chancellor’s words chimed with concerns about housing but fuelled perception of Tories being out of touch
Britain seems stuck in a doom loop of poverty. I have a plan to raise billions to address that
Gordon Brown
Communities, charities, companies and government could work together to rescue millions of people, says former prime minster Gordon Brown
Millions go hungry as a billion meals binned every day, says UN report
‘Desperate neglect’: teachers washing clothes and finding beds as poverty grips England’s schools
Extension to support fund only a temporary fix for poorest families, warn charities
February 2024
The Guardian view on food poverty: charities can’t take the state’s place
‘I don’t want anyone to feel the despair I felt’: the woman feeding Liverpool from an ice-cream van
DWP decision to stop referring benefit claimants to food banks is shameful
From starving students to emaciated pets: why are hunger and poverty the UK’s new normal?
Zoe Williams
Jobcentres told to stop referring benefit claimants to food banks
Tables without food, bedrooms without beds. Grinding child poverty in Britain calls for anger – and a plan
Gordon Brown
January 2024
‘It really changes your mindset’: the amazing power of running for a good cause
Could a surging deer population ease the UK’s hunger crisis? – video
December 2023
Record numbers in UK seeking help with energy bills and food costs
Citizens Advice figures show an unparalleled number of people unable to pay their bills in 2023
Hand to mouth: Britain's food poverty crisis
Failure to stem rising cost of formula in UK putting babies at risk, say experts
Leading doctors and charities urge children’s health minister to take action to support struggling families
A Christmas that changed me
A Christmas that changed me: I distributed meals on my bike – and found friendship behind every door
A day at the baby bank: ‘I feel at ease here, because I’m not the only one struggling’
Anti-poverty campaigners raise concerns over royal visits to baby banks
November 2023
Tackling the grim reality of food poverty in Britain
Letters: Sabine Goodwin and Maria Marshall, Naomi Duncan and Ron Brewer respond to Gordon Brown’s article calling for companies to work with charities to ease the cost of living crisis for struggling families
October 2023
The shame of a million children living in destitution in Britain
Letters: Janet Lewis and Trish Cockayne on a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation that revealed how children are experiencing extreme poverty in Britain
