As we wait for the imminent release of Department for Work and Pensions data on food bank use re April 2021 to March 2022 it’s critical to report on the situation in March 2023 IFAN teams spoke yesterday in our members’ meeting of “relentless” need for their services “every day”, striking numbers

“The system is designed to allow wealthy people to pay lower rates of tax” – Robert Palmer. taxjustice.uk/blog/how-much-…

💸Millions of nurses, teachers and paramedics are paying a higher effective tax rate than the Prime Minister. It's time for a fair system where those who earn and own the most pay their proper share. There is #plentytoshare. It's time to #StopTheSqueeze. thetimes.co.uk/article/millio…

🚨🚨NEW FROM NEF🚨🚨 Everyone should be able to keep warm at home. But our broken energy market means bills are too high and people are going cold. That’s why we are proposing a new #NationalEnergyGuarantee - so we can all access the basic energy we need. neweconomics.org/2023/04/the-na…

theguardian.com/society/2023/m… Together with many other charities and academics, we continue to call for systemic action on the root causes of food waste and hunger.

“These hedge funds have nothing to do with the production, buying & selling of food, they’re simply profiteering, but their herd-like behaviour can corner markets & distort market prices – & this is inflaming price volatility of the #food we eat” – Olivier De Schutter #foodcrisis

🧮 We've done our #maths & it doesn't add up! The current basic rate of #UniversalCredit falls £35 *per week* short of the actual cost of essentials like food, utilities & vital household goods 👉Join us in calling on the Govt to guarantee #OurEssentials trusselltrust.org/essentials

Latest March 23 data from Food Standards Agency re past month 27% of participants had skipped a meal or cut down the size of their meals as they did not have enough money to buy food 13% had used a food bank or food charity 32% could not afford a healthy balanced diet food.gov.uk/research/consu…

It's not just BP and oil companies that are booming. Since 2019 the UK's top 350 companies have doubled their profit margins. Flows of wealth from ordinary people to the rich are growing. Gary Stevenson taxjustice.uk/blog/why-are-c…

No one should be going without the essentials like food, electricity and heating. But last year, more than 760,000 people needed to use a food bank in our network for the first time. This isn’t right. Join us by asking your MP to take action 👉 bit.ly/3LuMAKh

Critical words from Chris Birt at the First Minister's anti-poverty summit in Edinburgh earlier this week "Our people, our public services and our businesses cannot flourish while we maintain such high levels of poverty." Read his speech in full #CashFirst medium.com/@cdbirt/speech…

A tax of just 2% on assets above £10 million could raise £22 billion a year. #StopTheSqueeze in today's Guardian 👇 theguardian.com/news/2023/may/…

Wealth taxes are genuinely popular. 78% of people in the UK support higher taxes on the very wealthy. But there’s huge opposition from some parts of the media and some politicians. A short 🧵debunking of arguments against wealth taxes. yougov.co.uk/topics/politic…

Feeling the pinch? The super wealthy aren't. Members of the Sunday Times Rich List increased their wealth by £44 billion over the last year. That includes another billion for the Weston family (now worth £14.5bn) who own Primark. Where does this wealth come from? 🧵1/5

>> Please watch and share this film. Hunger is just part of the devastating reality for the 4.2 million kids in poverty in the UK. It doesn’t have to be like this. #ImagineBetter #ChildPoverty Creature London SMUGGLER

🍏Would you like to contribute to a growing movement for food justice? 🍍Can you help us make changes to a broken food system? This is Rubbish is recruiting a freelance Plenty to Share Project Coordinator and voluntary Directors. Find out more bit.ly/3QmtA3A

🍎Plenty to Share report launched! - mailchi.mp/3d27368068d0/p…