Blog: Five weeks is too long
It’s difficult to see how Universal Credit can continue to deliver anything but misery for many. It’s difficult to see how any government – even this one – can justify ploughing on regardless in the...
Category: food banks
General election 2017: pay and the cost of living
With just a few days to go, UNISON looks at what the main parties have to say on the issues most important to our members Pay and the cost of living For UNISON members, pay has not kept pace with...
A run on the bank
The rise of food banks are the most visible face of the poverty crisis affecting the UK in 2017 – they’re the country’s new emergency service. We spent a few days at one to find out more
The article...
Food banks hope to give Britain’s ‘hidden poor’ a festive Christmas
As Britain succumbs to a poverty crisis, food banks are calling on people's support to help those less fortunate, including children, who are facing hunger
The article Food banks hope to give...
‘What kind of world have we created?’
Director Ken Loach talks about his acclaimed new film, which deals with the 'conscious cruelty' of the benefits system, leading people towards food banks and homelessness
The article ‘What kind of...