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Foodbank use in Scotland triples in seven years

Steven Preece - 27th December 2020

The number of food parcels handed out by Trussell Trust has tripled in just seven years.

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Our social security system is broken and foodbanks are increasingly expected to pick up the pieces

Steven Preece - 11th December 2020

"A charitable food aid system is being further embedded with every week that passes", says charity.

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Nearly half of foodbank users have money deducted from their benefits

Steven Preece - 1st December 2020

Struggling families hit by benefit deductions to repay Government loans.

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Call to end Universal Credit wait after huge surge in household debt and foodbank use

Steven Preece - 12th November 2020

Tories urged to scrap the five week wait for Universal Credit and strengthen welfare protections.

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Food banks report huge surge in demand for food parcels amid Covid pandemic

Steven Preece - 12th November 2020

Trussell Trust reports that it has already helped more than a million people affected by the Covid pandemic.

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Anger after Tory MP claims ‘food parcels are sold or traded for drugs’

Steven Preece - 24th October 2020

Another Tory MP claimed school meal vouchers were "effectively" a cash payment to brothels and drug dealers.

Poverty

PM rejects Marcus Rashford’s petition to extend free school meals – but England star vows to fight on

Steven Preece - 15th October 2020

A defiant Rashford has refused to back down, saying no child should be going hungry.

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Calls for stronger welfare support as food banks warn of surge in demand

Steven Preece - 14th September 2020

Food bank use expected to rise by 61% due to the impact of coronavirus.

Carers

Unpaid carers twice as likely to have used a food bank during lockdown

Steven Preece - 17th June 2020

"The Government must acknowledge the impact the pandemic is having on carers’ finances."

Charities

Coronavirus: Food banks swamped with requests for emergency food aid

Steven Preece - 6th June 2020

Demand for emergency food parcels has reached unprecented levels as COVID-19 ravages already struggling communities.

Children

One in five UK households with children go hungry during Covid-19 lockdown

Steven Preece - 3rd May 2020

UK Government facing mounting pressure to strengthen the social security safety net.

Charities

81% surge in foodbank use sparks calls for a stronger welfare safety net

Steven Preece - 1st May 2020

Coalition of charities call for a 'Coronavirus Emergency Income Support Scheme' to help protect low-income households.

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Food banks forced to close their doors over Coronavirus fears

Steven Preece - 17th March 2020

Campaigners fear that low-income households will be left without food and put at greater risk of becoming a victim of Coronavirus.

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Public generosity to food banks must be met with changes to Universal Credit, says Trussell Trust

Steven Preece - 26th February 2020

The Trussell Trust has called on the UK government to end the minumum five-week wait for Universal Credit.

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Universal Credit could ‘steamroll’ two million vulnerable people into poverty

Steven Preece - 13th February 2020

Complicated application process means that many people simply give up before their claim is completed.

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