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Report: Cheap food [that] may be costing us the earth
A new report scrutinises food supply chains, uncovering the true cost of our everyday shopping habits. The results are surprising: organic food is less expensive than you may think, while regular products are far too cheap.
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Why I use a foodbank – the stories behind those struggling to get by in Birmingham
Foodbanks in Birmingham are at their busiest ever. With Universal Credit being rolled out there are fears things will get worse. A few days before Christmas one busy food bank in Birmingham handed out more than two tonnes of food.
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Map shows the places in UK where food banks are needed most
Growing numbers of people are using food banks to feed themselves and their families. But many areas where residents face a high risk of food poverty are under-serviced, The Independent reports.
Morrisons hits milestone of 100,000 meals to FareShare
Morrisons formalised a partnership between its food production sites and the food redistribution charity FareShare in April 2017, to use surplus food occurring at their manufacturing sites to benefit people in need.
Lack of migrant workers left food rotting in UK fields last year
Fruit and vegetable farms across the UK were left short of thousands of migrant workers in 2017, leaving some produce to rot in the fields. More than 4,300 vacancies went unfilled, according to data from the National Farmers Union (NFU).
Social care green paper can deliver if it sees the bigger picture
December has only just begun, but it already feels that there may be a winter of discontent in social care. The promise of relief has not materialised, as no new money was laid out in the budget.
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Guardian : Communities
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- Councils sit on £375m earmarked for affordable housing
- Instant payouts offer lifeline to Scotland's rough sleepers
- Dispatches from the housing crisis frontline | Letters
- Labour promises to restore legal aid for housing advice
- Tower residents spared £2m bill to replace Grenfell-style cladding
- Municipal Dreams by John Boughton review - the rise and fall of council housing
