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AI was supposed to make the UK benefits system more efficient. Instead it’s brought bias and hunger.

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…

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LadBaby star reveals he experienced ‘panic attacks’ due to backlash over Christmas songs

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

The Independent UK

Number of Scots facing hunger and hardship at record levels, study finds

THE number of people in Scotland facing hunger and hardship has reached record levels, according to a report ...

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The Guardian view on poverty in Britain: desperation in plain sight

Editorial: New Trussell Trust research is both alarming and shaming. Labour cannot defer action while waiting for an economic upturn

The Guardian - UK

Half of people receiving Universal Credit ran out of food in last month

NEARLY half of people in receipt of Universal Credit ran out of food in the last month, according to the latest figures from the Trussell Trust ...

The National (Scotland)

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

OPINION - London's quiet food revolution has warmed my heart despite all the division people sow

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…

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‘Everyone has internet access now’: five digital poverty myths, busted

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 …

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Can't we make it easier to donate actual food to a food bank?

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…

Evening Standard

‘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

‘People haven’t woken up to the scale of this’: Gordon Brown on the UK’s child poverty scandal

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

The Guardian - UK

Record number of food bank handouts in London last year - up 171% in five years

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

Evening Standard

Extension to support fund only a temporary fix for poorest families, warn charities

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

The Guardian - UK

Jobcentres told to stop referring benefit claimants to food banks

DWP briefing says jobcentres should no longer issue ‘signposting slips’ over concerns about data privacy

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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 Independent UK

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

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 Guardian - UK

Tatty, naff and cheesy: why can’t Britain have a decent Christmas No 1?

Now that LadBaby has passed on the charity baton, let’s return to the days when real talents held sway. Like, erm, Mr Blobby and Benny Hill, writes Barbara Ellen

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Evening Standard

Sam Ryder 'speechless' as hidden song becomes contender for 2023 Christmas number one

The You're Christmas To Me singer also teased a collaboration with a South Korean artist as he begins work on album number two

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Star power and extra cash boost our Winter Survival Appeal to £1.5 million

Our Christmas appeal received a huge boost today thanks to a £250,000 donation from the Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund. This takes the total amount raised by our Winter Survival Appeal to £1.5 million. The grim reality is that this money is needed more than ever. The Trussell Trust predicts that…

Evening Standard

EastEnders legend Shaun Williamson teases Barry Evans could make a return from the dead

EXCLUSIVE Kent actor speaks on hope for return to soap as he teams up for a new campaign with rapper Honey G

The Guardian - UK

LadBaby bows out of Christmas No 1 race after five consecutive chart-toppers

Record-breaking run comes to an end after raising over £1m for food bank charity The Trussell Trust

The Independent UK

LadBaby to spare British public from a sixth bid at Christmas No 1

Husband and wife duo Mark and Roxane Hoyle have topped the charts at Christmas for the past five years

The Conversation

How much income is needed to live well in the UK in 2023? At least £29,500 – much more than many households bring in

You don’t have to look very hard at the moment to find evidence of the immense financial pressure on UK households. New figures from the Trussell Trust show that 1.5 million emergency food parcels were provided to people between April and September 2023.

The Independent UK

Charities warn ‘pandemic of poverty’ has engulfed UK as record 1.5 million emergency parcels handed out

Poverty charities said the figures reveal ‘the scale of suffering in the cost-of-living crisis’

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