food banks

In Parliament

Lack of minister presence at food debate ‘scandalous’

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Forced to skip meals – ‘A shocking reality’

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Universal Basic Income – A utopian dream or an expensive disaster?

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‘Communities need to come together’ to tackle food poverty

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Islington food bank announced a closure this week, with other centres expected to follow.

‘A perfect storm’: Food banks face uncertainty as coronavirus crisis deepens

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Christmas at a foodbank: How austerity-hit Britain celebrated the holidays

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The Northampton food bank: Users often care as much about the advice as they do the supplies

Front line: Universal Credit rollout hits Northampton

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BASC given permission to bring judicial review of Defra decision

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has been granted permission by the High Court to bring a judicial review of Defra’s decision to withdraw the general licence (GL43) that allowed the release of gamebirds in certain areas of England. BASC’s ‘Fighting Fund’ is being used to support the High Court challenge. BASC chief executive Ian… Read more »

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Concern over doctors’ health needs as legislation to regulate PAs and AAs introduced

Long overdue legislation setting out the regulatory framework for physician assistants (PAs) and anaesthesia assistants (AAs) has been published today. Commenting on the legislation, Dr Michael Devlin, head of professional standards and liaison at the MDU said: “This important piece of legislation not only introduces much needed regulation for PAs and AAs, it will also be… Read more »