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Food banks under pressure from a ‘tsunami of need’

Food bank charity The Trussell Trust reports that one in five working people are now turning to food banks, as the cost of living crisis takes its toll

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Conference sets campaigning tasks on universal credit

Speakers talk of the devastation caused by Conservative attacks on benefits and the most vulnerable in society

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

The government needs to ‘sling their hook’

Nicky from the Northern region said that there was a prospect of more than 30% more funding cuts to local government in the air. She cited a foodbank in the North East that feeds 42,000 people a […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

A history man’s challenge for the future

Writer and veteran campaigner Harry Leslie Smith looks to the past and shares his hopes – and fears – for the future

Article, Magazine on the UNISON National site.