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Up to 1.2m disabled people will lose thousands in UK welfare overhaul, experts warn

Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, laid out plans for £5bn savings but faces rebellion from some Labour MPs

The Guardian - UK

Deep cuts, Pip and ‘right to try’ work: the key changes in UK benefits overhaul

Disability and sickness benefits will be reduced, but measures aim to protect the most disabled people

The Guardian - UK

Liz Kendall unveils UK benefits cuts set to leave many sick and disabled worse off

Welfare secretary announces changes aimed at cutting bill by up to £5bn in face of opposition from Labour MPs

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian view on poverty in Britain: desperation in plain sight

Editorial: New Trussell Trust research is both alarming and shaming. Labour cannot defer action while waiting for an economic upturn

The Guardian - UK

Half of people receiving Universal Credit ran out of food in last month

NEARLY half of people in receipt of Universal Credit ran out of food in the last month, according to the latest figures from the Trussell Trust ...

The National (Scotland)

Most working families on universal credit struggle to buy essentials, research shows

The Trussell Trust has called for urgent action after half of people on low-income benefits ran out of food in last month

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s not just giving out food parcels’: the volunteers helping families – photo essay

Photojournalist Sean Smith has spent the last 12 months documenting the Thurrock community that operates and uses some of the busiest Trussell Trust food banks in the country

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From starving students to emaciated pets: why are hunger and poverty the UK’s new normal?

The Conservatives have taken pragmatic, everyday charity and kindness and used it to shore up the cruel state they have created, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

How the Trussell Trust grew from a garden shed to 1,300 food banks

The trust, which ran one of England’s first food banks from a shed in Salisbury, distributed 3m food parcels last year

The Guardian - UK

Mapped: Food banks brace for busiest winter on record

The Trussell Trust network have provided 543,635 food parcels for children from April to September this year

The Independent UK

Inside a food bank at the busiest time of year, with a mother forced to eat children’s pizza crusts to get by

More than 1.5 million food parcels were provided by the Trussell Trust in the last six months, with record numbers using food banks amid rising energy costs, food price inflation and growing poverty, Jabed Ahmed writes

The Independent UK

Food banks see tens of thousands of first-time users as parcels hit record high

The Trussell Trust said 320,000 people have needed to use a food bank for the first time in the past six months.

The Independent UK

King’s Speech ‘did not offer any hope for people facing extreme hardship’

The Government must ‘step up and do something’ amid growing need among the public, the Trussell Trust’s Helen Barnard said.

The Independent UK

More than one million food parcels needed for winter, charity predicts

The Trussell Trust is urging people to donate to the food banks in their local areas.

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Birmingham Post

NatWest speaks with Bristol charities about the cost of living crisis

Chief executive Alison Rose hosted a round table to find out how the banking group can support vulnerable people

The Independent UK

Charity refutes Johnny Mercer claim food bank use is a ‘choice’

Trussell Trust said food banks are a ‘last resort’ for an ‘overwhelming majority’ of people

Belfast Live

Derry foodbank experiencing increased demand due to 'low income crisis'

"They don't want a hand out, they want a hand up and hope that they never see us again - in a good way."

Wales Online

Single mum among 14% of population struggling to put meals on table

Lowri Williams says "you feel like you’re actually in the gutter" being unable to afford to feed your child

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The Guardian - UK

‘Food banks are not the answer’: charities search for new way to help UK families

After years of austerity, local pantries are starting to question whether food handouts get people out of poverty

Wales Online

Welsh food bank runs out of food as demand grows in the cost of living crisis

Research by the Trussell Trust has shown the huge demand for help from people struggling to cope.

Belfast Live

Cost of Living crisis: One in six people now facing hunger across Northern Ireland

“Being forced to turn to a food bank to feed your family is a horrifying reality for too many people in Northern Ireland”

The Independent UK

One in seven people in UK going hungry because they can’t afford to eat

Many people referred to food banks are experiencing severe social isolation because they cannot afford to socialise

The Independent UK

One in seven in UK faced hunger due to lack of money, research suggests

The findings have been described by the Trussell Trust as ‘just the tip of the iceberg’.

Daily Mirror

Tears of single mum forced to use her dad's bank card for food as 1 in 7 Brits go hungry

The Trussell Trust released the grim findings, which found 14% of the population struggled to put meals on the table last year, meaning more than 11 million people went hungry due to lack of cash

Daily Mirror

Bid to end foodbank use by 2030 reaches Commons amid growing calls for action

Scottish National Party MP Chris Stephens will outline plans to make them redundant by the end of the decade, after the Trussell Trust reported record demand

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