“It’s crazy and indefensible,” says the MP Charles Walker. “Venison is a wonderful, sustainable resource but is seen as too posh to eat, ergo –…
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‘Every day is doomsday’: how a food bank is struggling to keep up
The shelves should be chock-a-block with baked beans, soup and tuna but it looks as if someone has played Supermarket Sweep and Angela Gardiner admits…
View More ‘Every day is doomsday’: how a food bank is struggling to keep upTake care with energy use but support will continue, says Sunak
Rishi Sunak has told households to “be careful” about their energy use to help reduce bills, as he vowed fairness would be at the heart…
View More Take care with energy use but support will continue, says SunakWorried about bills? Here’s a financial survival plan
This week’s bumper interest rate rise will further turn the screw on many households by pushing up borrowing costs, just as soaring food prices have…
View More Worried about bills? Here’s a financial survival planFuel poverty: better-off urged to donate £400 energy grant to those who need it
People who can afford to are being urged to donate their £400 energy grant to help poorer households. Charities and community groups are setting up…
View More Fuel poverty: better-off urged to donate £400 energy grant to those who need itFood bank users and volunteers threatened with £170 parking fines
Food bank users were pursued for parking charges of up to £170 and threatened with court action after an enforcement company took over management of…
View More Food bank users and volunteers threatened with £170 parking finesUK ministers under pressure to ease impact of cost of living crisis
Ministers are coming under growing pressure to intervene to soften the impact of the cost of living crisis amid fresh warnings that millions of low-income…
View More UK ministers under pressure to ease impact of cost of living crisisWhy the ancient art of gleaning is making a comeback across England
“It’s like a vegetable treasure hunt,” says Jenni Duncan, 54, ankle deep in mud, looking at the rows of cauliflower plants stretching out in front…
View More Why the ancient art of gleaning is making a comeback across England‘People are desperate’: Kent food bank and families hit hard by inflation
With its colourful beach huts and quaint high street, Whitstable is a tourist mecca in the school holidays. But the pile of shopping bags in…
View More ‘People are desperate’: Kent food bank and families hit hard by inflationPlanned cut to universal credit could push more than 2m people into debt
The government’s planned £20-a-week cut to universal credit cut could drive 2.3 million people into debt including almost half of claimants in “red wall” battleground…
View More Planned cut to universal credit could push more than 2m people into debt