The Latest Breaking News from Trussell

Brits needing food banks set to reach record high by 2029, new data suggests

The 9.1 million projection for 2028/29 potentially surpasses the previous record high of 9.07 million in 2025/26

The Independent UK · Oct 20

Tories target universal credit claimants in plan condemned as ‘fast track to poverty’

Proposals aim to push people into work, but charities say families are still paying price of austerity cuts and rise in cost of living

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23

Pay rent, eat or keep warm? Growing numbers face hard choices as housing benefit gap grows

Wirral mother among renters turning to food banks as gap between a two-bed and housing benefit hits £158 a month – rising to as much as £324 in London

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22

Food banks face winter surge as record six parcels a minute to be delivered in festive season

Almost three quarters of a million food parcels were provided for children last winter

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2025

Women more likely than men to be in poverty due to public debt, research finds

The study was commissioned by Aberlour Children’s Charity, One Parent Families Scotland, and Trussell.

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2025

Failure to tackle dependence on food banks in UK driving public discontent

One in six households went hungry last year, says Trussell, with Britain facing ‘new normal’ of severe hardship

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2025

Charity calls for action as 210,000 Scottish children found to be food insecure

The Trussell Trust has urged the Scottish Government to increase its flagship benefit, the Scottish child payment.

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025

More than a quarter of children in the UK are growing up hungry, research finds

The data comes ahead of the government’s strategy on child poverty, which is expected to be published this autumn

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025

Mapped: Where families are going hungry in the UK as millions face food poverty

A rising number of families are being forced into hunger, a landmark report has found

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025

Britain’s hunger crisis laid bare as 14 million going without food because they can’t afford it

More than 1 in 4 children are living in homes where people are forced to skip or cut back on meals because of financial concerns, as campaigners warn the crisis should ‘shame the government to its core’

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025