The rich are now nearly 40% richer than before the coronavirus crisis. Meanwhile, food prices rise, and more and more people go hungryIs food made out of gold now? Because it’s starting to seem that way. Every time I go to my (extremely not fancy) local New York supermarket I am shocked at […]

The pandemic has raised awareness of the US food insecurity crisis and highlighted the reliance on corporate food philanthropyAlyson Graham raised three children by juggling multiple jobs and making tough choices about what they should go without. For more than 20 years, she made weekly visits to a […]

Patients who have recovered from coronavirus yearn to be able to enjoy food again. Good cooking is a rare joy in these times“This is the first meal I’ve cooked in a year that in no way tasted or smelt revolting,” a grateful reader wrote to Ryan Riley and Kimberley Duke recently. […]

Trussell Trust distributed 33% more parcels in 2020-21 than year before as pandemic left more people in povertyA record 2.5m food parcels were given out to people in crisis by the UK’s biggest food bank charity during the first year of the pandemic as low-income families experienced what it […]

Video series will teach the art of making a fish finger sandwich and other healthy, cheap mealsFirst he forced Boris Johnson into a U-turn over his refusal to provide holiday support to children on free school meals. Then he set about encouraging kids to read. Now, Marcus Rashford is determined to […]

My friend Ann Khambatta, who has died aged 58 of Covid-19, made an impact on many lives through her community activism in London and in Dorset, where she had recently set up a food bank.Ann was born in Northampton to Erika (nee Volkel), a school caretaker, and Tehmton Khambatta, a clerical officer […]

Local authorities reveal devastating toll of coronavirus on households who have struggled to keep a roof over their headsA rise in the use of food banks and an increase in family disputes requiring mediation has been seen across most of England, according to new research that uncovers the pressures […]

Child poverty | Royal coverage | Washing lines | Wordplay | International Women’s DaySchools and their communities recognise the importance of nutrition in learning (One in five UK schools has set up a food bank in Covid crisis, survey suggests, 4 March). Teachers know that brain development […]

Exclusive: third of teachers say schools have become key providers of support services for families in povertyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOne in five UK schools have set up a food bank since the start of the coronavirus pandemic to support struggling local […]

Research shows more than 12 million signed up, from helping at food banks to fighting lonelinessCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHe calls her his “wee ray of sunshine”; she says he brightens her day and talking to him breaks up the hours alone in the […]

Stage crews laid off as a result of the pandemic are ‘falling through the cracks’ in government aid for the self-employedRoad crew for some of the biggest bands in music are being forced into homelessness and turning to food banks to survive during the pandemic.Stagehand, the charity […]

With grocery stores empty, school meals suspended and pantries forced to close, millions are trapped in precarious situationsFood banks in Texas have gone into disaster mode as they ramp up operations to tackle a surge in hunger after unprecedented freezing conditions disrupted almost every part of […]

Watchdog finds number has jumped by a third to 14.2 million as pandemic drives more people into debtCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOne in four adults in the UK have been left financially vulnerable as the fallout from Covid-19 drives more people into debt, […]

There could be no worse moment to cut universal credit than the middle of a pandemic. The chancellor should give way The government’s decision to raise universal credit payments by £20 a week last April, as part of its response to the coronavirus pandemic, was a good one. With […]

British people who have lost their jobs due to the pandemic tell their storiesExtend furlough or risk mass unemployment, Sunak told‘We want to be busy’: Tottenham battles Covid-19 recessionUnemployment: what we can learn from British historyUK’s Covid-19 unemployment crisis in six […]

Coaches, charity workers – and the footballer himself – reveal what drives the man who twice tackled Boris Johnson on child hunger and wonShow me the child at seven and I will show you the man, the old wisdom says. But in football terms, you never know, not really, which kids are going […]

Vouchers and money to buy food bring families the dignity everyone deserves, as the World Food Programme has shownDignity is not a word that you would normally associate with your weekly supermarket shop, or with planning how you might be going to feed your children each night.But right now, when […]

Footballer holds talks with catering firm after criticism of ‘unacceptable’ packagesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMarcus Rashford has warned that “something is going wrong” with free school meal delivery during lockdown after he held talks […]

Naomi Russell reveals what inspired her to turn her multimillion-pound property into a food distribution lifelineIt is not what you would expect to find on one of the most expensive streets in the country. But these are unusual times.Naomi Russell has transformed her multimillion-pound home […]

Jennifer Kennerley recalls a Manchester University teaching programme that trained disadvantaged girls in household management Interesting to read that Ancoats in Manchester now has a “food quarter” (My weird year of eating out – and in, 18 December). When I was a student at […]