The Latest Breaking News from The Trussell Trust

A freedom of information request has revealed that an AI system used by the UK government for assessing benefits cases is apparently getting it wrong by a “statistically significant” amount. The admission to journalists at the Guardian emerged after a fairness analysis into universal credit claimants in February 2024. It…

Internet personality Mark Hoyle also clarified his political stance after claims he supported the Conservatives

I’m not being funny but… The Trussell Trust counted 35 food banks in this country in 2010. In 2019 there were more than 1,300, and there’s probably far more now. We’ve become a nation of food banks and it’s not something to be proud of. We should be proud of…

At its outset, the internet may have been seen as a ‘nice-to-have’ home luxury, however, in 2024 being digitally connected is an essential – those who aren’t online are being left behind …

Clearing out the kitchen cupboards isn’t normally grounds for accusations of sexual deviancy, but everyone has a breaking point. “Is this some kind of fetish?” my girlfriend asked, as I handed down perhaps the eight or ninth jar of poshed-up marmalade. More came. Alongside other stuff left over from Christmas…

Photojournalist Sean Smith has spent the last 12 months documenting the Thurrock community that operates and uses some of the busiest Trussell Trust food banks in the country

A quarter of Britain’s children live below the poverty line. Near his Fife home, the former PM shows how charities help families and says this issue must be a priority for any government

A record number of emergency food parcels were handed out in London in the past year, statistics from the Trussell Trust show.

Six-month renewal of £800m scheme in England to help households facing hunger and destitution is ‘disappointing’