Food banks

Aa child's hand reaching for a decoration on a Christmas tree. PIC: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

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Poverty doesn’t pause for Christmas; rather, the festive season magnifies it. There are presents to buy, food to prepare, and social expectations to meet.

Goods at a food bank. Andy Buchanan/PA Wire

Food bank use nearly doubles in Yorkshire as families struggle

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UK's largest supermarket to give away free food items to cut waste

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People’s shelves are empty, so food banks can’t be - Lynda Battarbee

Volunteer at a food bank

People’s shelves are empty, so food banks can’t be - Lynda Battarbee

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Foodbank distributing food

Outcry from celebrities as UK foodbank usage doubles

Wakefield One, Wakefield Council's headquarters building.

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Sustainability experts, Business Waste, found that Brits fill around 7 million bins worth of food waste over the festive season.

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Tesco launches alternative Christmas tree made from food cans in Scarborough's Trafalgar Square

Christmas tree made up of cans of food unveiled to encourage food bank donations

Picture by Jason Chadwick.

Food bank demand an indictment of our society - The Yorkshire Post says

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt will deliver his Budget tomorrow. PIC: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Chancellor must tackle dual micro and macroeconomic challenges - The YP says

'The new deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson is wrong to believe that charities supporting asylum seekers in Calais are involved in a multimillion-pound industry'. PIC: UK Parliament/PA Wire

Lee Anderson: ‘myth’ those on Universal credit are in poverty

Foodbank on Ward 10 at Walsall Manor Hospital with Claire Cooper, Senior Sister.

Hospitals forced to open food banks for their own staff

Meet some of the volunteers at Trussell Trust food banks in the UK

Crates of food at a Trussell Trust food bank (Photo: Trussell Trust)

Trussell Trust foodbanks need people to donate these items

Food bank use has risen sharply.

Food bank use is rising sharply in North Yorkshire - YP Letters
From: B A Southwell, Applegarth, Thirsk.
YP Letters

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Civil servants in 'do or die' battle this winter over cost of living

Sir John Major was Prime Minister from 1990-97.

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Paul Maslin is a trustee of Leeds North and West food bank, which collects money in Leeds train station on the last Friday of the month

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Investigation: Find out why food banks are so vital to so many this Christmas

Tricia Ryder.

Leeds food banks could face back-to-school rush

Food bank volunteers, including Audrey Reed (third from right).

Leeds food bank volunteers keeping services running

Young shopper Noah Bailey is backing the Central England Co-op Summer Food Bank Appeal

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The 'safety net' of free school meals can lead to hunger for many in the school holidays, End Child Poverty said.

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What does the emergence of food banks say about contemporary society?

YP Letters: Food banks and poverty's definition
From: John Watson, Main Street, Kirk Deighton, Wetherby.
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April 21: Food banks not fault of ‘nasty party’

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Food banks: Is starvation a myth or is revolution in the air?

Jayne Dowle: It’s not just ‘the poor’ who don’t know how to cook

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Don’t scramble egg shapes

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Edward McMillan-Scott: Food banks are a symptom of system failure

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Rooney and our sense of value

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Adrian Curtis: Emergency service that hungry mouths can bank on

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