Today The Independent launches an appeal to help those going hungry because of the coronavirus crisis. From parents struggling to feed their families after losing their jobs to the vulnerable who

The government has been forced to step in at an unprecedented scale during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, resolving glaring issues as people across the country are forced to stay at home. But

Can you remember what life was like just two weekends ago? It feels like a distant memory – but at a food bank in South London, volunteers were already meeting people whose lives were being turned

Britain today faces the greatest challenge of our collective lifetime. The country that weathered the Black Death and the Blitz is shuttered, locked in battle with an invisible enemy. And vulnerable

“There’s nothing to be ashamed, everyone needs a little bit of help sometimes.” These were the words I said to a quiet and withdrawn 14-year-old year girl sat in my office, when sitting in people’s

Today, The Independent launches the most urgent of appeals for the most basic of human needs – food for those in hunger. The coronavirus crisis has massively widened the numbers of people suffering

Looking for a way to commemorate my son Felix, I settled on a simple idea that I felt would appeal to him. Why not try to help solve food poverty by addressing the scandalous level of food waste in