The Latest Breaking News from Trussell Trust

Top charity urges UK Government to 'follow Scotland' and ditch two-child cap

THE UK Government must “follow Scotland’s lead” and ditch the two-child benefit cap, a major charity has said after finding more than 14…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 10, 2025

Food bank usage doubles in five years in London as experts warn of 'generational poverty'

London food bank manager calls for benefit system that is ‘fit for purpose’

Evening Standard · May 20, 2025

Up to 1.2m disabled people will lose thousands in UK welfare overhaul, experts warn

Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, laid out plans for £5bn savings but faces rebellion from some Labour MPs

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2025

Most working families on universal credit struggle to buy essentials, research shows

The Trussell Trust has called for urgent action after half of people on low-income benefits ran out of food in last month

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2024

‘It’s not just giving out food parcels’: the volunteers helping families – photo essay

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

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2024

From starving students to emaciated pets: why are hunger and poverty the UK’s new normal?

The Conservatives have taken pragmatic, everyday charity and kindness and used it to shore up the cruel state they have created, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024

How the Trussell Trust grew from a garden shed to 1,300 food banks

The trust, which ran one of England’s first food banks from a shed in Salisbury, distributed 3m food parcels last year

The Guardian - UK · Dec 27, 2023

Mapped: Food banks brace for busiest winter on record

The Trussell Trust network have provided 543,635 food parcels for children from April to September this year

The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2023

Inside a food bank at the busiest time of year, with a mother forced to eat children’s pizza crusts to get by

More than 1.5 million food parcels were provided by the Trussell Trust in the last six months, with record numbers using food banks amid rising energy costs, food price inflation and growing poverty, Jabed Ahmed writes

The Independent UK · Dec 25, 2023

Food banks see tens of thousands of first-time users as parcels hit record high

The Trussell Trust said 320,000 people have needed to use a food bank for the first time in the past six months.

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2023