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  • Pot noodles in a container at the Lisburn foodbank
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    ​​Eight tests for the child poverty strategy

    We've set eight tests to ensure the government's upcoming child poverty strategy will mean we no longer need to provide emergency food parcels for children.
  • A man pushing a trolley full of food containers inside the Cardiff food bank warehouse
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    Here’s what new job reforms mean for people turning to food banks

    Despite lots of headlines about the “bulging benefits bill” and threats of losing benefits, much of the detail is encouraging.
  • A crate of noodle packets stacked on a shelf a 'packet rice/noodle' over it
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    More than 1.42 million emergency food parcels distributed in past six months

    Food banks in our community gave out just over 1,428,000 emergency food parcels across the UK between April and September this year.
  • A copy of The Hardship Times is held up with Big Ben/The Elizabeth Tower in the background
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    Stories of hope and hardship delivered to Westminster

    One-off publication, The Hardship Times, is filled with stories that have been gathered from across the UK by food banks, charities, faith groups and businesses over the summer.
  • Two loaves of bread at the Peeblesshire foodbank
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    Veterans are twice as likely to run out of food than people who have never served in the armed forces

    New research from anti-poverty charity Trussell unveils a stark reality facing UK veterans.
  • A food bank volunteer sorts through donations on a shelf
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    Our response to the Autumn Budget

    ​​Here’s what the UK government’s first Budget means for ending the need for emergency food​.