🚨 1.5 MILLION emergency food parcels were provided by food banks in our network between April and September.

This is the highest number of parcels our network has ever distributed in 6 months.

And this is likely to get worse – unless the government steps up to make change. ⤵️

🧵 The Labour Party said that our social security system must work to tackle the soaring need for food banks. And we agree.

🔍 Yet, they haven't said how they're going to do this.

We're at Labour Party Conference with Amy Hart to call on Labour to make a plan.

2. Towards the manifestos: what’s Labour’s agenda for fixing poverty and tackling inequalities? - ft. Liam Byrne MP, Polly Toynbee, Emma Revie, Bobby Duffy & Will Snell of Fairness Foundation

Ending the need for food banks: Labour's missing mission

Britain needs a bold, long-term plan to tackle the deepening hardship facing millions, write Emma Revie and Paul Kissack.

Partner content by The The Trussell Trust and Joseph Rowntree Foundation. newstatesman.com/spotlight/econ…

This post from The Trussell Trust is what we see too ⬇️ But if we all take a stand, we can change it 💚 Please sign our petition to make sure #UniversalCredit at least covers the cost of the essentials bit.ly/Our-Essentials

#guaranteeouressentials #hungerfreefuture Joseph Rowntree Foundation

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📢 We're recruiting for a new Campaigns Officer (2-year FTC) to support the delivery of our major 'Guarantee #OurEssentials ' campaign, with the Trussell Trust.

📆 Applications close 10 Oct

More info and how to apply here ⤵️
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If Labour’s goal, as Keir Starmer states, is to “give Britain its future back” then it needs a bold, long-term plan to tackle the deepening hardship facing more and more people.

From Emma Revie and me.

newstatesman.com/spotlight/econ…

“If it hadn’t been for the food bank helping me out, giving me what I needed at the time, allowing me to concentrate on my recovery, I don’t know where I would be now.

“They helped me to maintain sobriety. I don’t say this lightly, it’s literally life saving.”

I’ve signed The Trussell Trust and Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s petition, calling on UK political party leaders to ensure the basic rate of Universal Credit covers the cost of life’s essentials. Add your name and join the campaign to guarantee #OurEssentials 👉 action.trusselltrust.org/guarantee-our-…

More families are turning to food banks just to get by.

But this can change.

The Poverty Strategy Commission Interim Report highlights that we need action from the government, businesses and communities. This must include a social security system that supports us all fully. 💚

Shake up of disability benefits announced yesterday - how will it affect disabled people? My view: 🧵
1. SoS Mel Stride's right that many disabled people want to work if the right job and support are available.
2. He's also right the current system doesn't do enough to help. 1/7

As MPs return to Westminster, this should be high priority: More & more people facing deep poverty, severe hardship, hunger & debt. Government has two golden opportunities to show that it understands and take action: Kings Speech and Autumn Statement. 👀

Big moment as Scottish Government endorses our call for an Essentials Guarantee in Universal Credit. Joining Jane Hutt supporting it for Welsh Government and majority of DUP MPs. Mounting pressure for UK government to get on board!

Big day for WPI Economics - launch of Poverty Strategy Commission's Interim Report povertystrategycommission.org.uk/tackling-pover… . 18months in the making - we've worked with cross-party & non-party experts & people with lived experience to create a new framework for tackling poverty in the UK.🧵

It is 60 years since any British Government carried out an official empirical study into the adequacy of social security.

I didn’t realise that. But it does help to explain a few things

#OurEssentials
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief…

The The Trussell Trust has launched their latest report on hunger in Wales.

It shows that a fifth of people in Wales are facing hunger as they do not have enough money to live on.

This thread highlights the key findings.

From this morning's North West Today:

Karen Mullan told us how the Foyle Foodbank is 'consistently busy' and they are dealing with a growing number of people seeking support.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe…

The Trussell Trust Foyle Network Foundation (Foyle Foodbank)

Food insecurity, minimum income, care experience and disability - thanks Graham Stewart for the chance to talk in detail about the new The Trussell Trust Scotland research out today #HungerInScotland Listen for yourself from 5.15 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

1 in 7 people in the UK face hunger because they do not have enough income👇 We’ve joined The Trussell Trust, Joseph Rowntree Foundation and over 90 others calling for an #EssentialsGuarantee to make sure low income households have enough to cover their essential costs.
trusselltrust.org/what-we-do/res…

1 in 7 people in the UK face hunger due to a lack of money, this is a shameful statistic!

Everybody deserves access to food, we need to eliminate hunger and food poverty in the UK

This research by The Trussell Trust shows the need for Essentials Guarantee to be implemented