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Find out what we’ve been up to, including press releases, updates from our campaigning work, our response to policies, and key findings from our latest research.


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  • Group of people holding Essentials Guarantee placards with Houses of Parliament in the background
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    Anti-poverty campaigners demand urgent action at Westminster

    More than 700 representatives from communities across the UK stood shoulder-to-shoulder to create an historic lobby at Westminster as part of the Guarantee our Essentials campaign.
  • A woman using crutches, bundled up in winter clothes, is walking out of a food bank.
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    Welfare reform bill risks forcing nearly half a million disabled people to turn to food banks

    'Additional protections’ in the bill are not new and will do almost nothing to stop these cuts driving disabled people into severe hardship.
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    Our response to the Spending Review

    The Spending Review was focused on delivering the UK government’s missions and election promises, but what of the promise to end the need for emergency food parcels?
  • A sign outside to the entrance to the Lewisham foodbank
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    Nearly half a million people in disabled households will be forced into severe hardship if UK government goes ahead with cuts to social security

    Hundreds of thousands of people will be pushed into severe hardship if government goes ahead with ‘cruel’ cuts to disability payments.
  • A crate full of squash bottles.
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    More than 1.8m emergency food parcels provided for families with children in past year

    New figures show that 2.9 million emergency food parcels were provided to people facing hardship across the UK between April 2024 and Mar 2025, with more than a million of these provided for children.
  • Cardiff foodbank warehouse
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    Ending hunger and hardship could benefit the UK economy and public finances by over £75 billion each year

    Trussell is calling on the UK government to take action to alleviate pressure on our already stretched public services and lift millions of people out of hunger and hardship.