Election 2015: Food bank use soars to record one million high, says Trussell Trust
The charity revealed that food bank use has rocketed by 18.7% over the past 12 months.
More than one million Britons using food banks, says a report by the Trussell Trust
There has been a 618% rise in the number receiving emergency food aid from the trust in the past three years.
Norman Lamb interview: Lib Dem leadership ambitions, mental health care and the price of office
Exclusive: IBTimesUK spoke to Norman Lamb with just weeks to go before the general election.
Labour promise to slash food bank dependency with five-point action plan
Shadow minister Maria Eagle made the announcement with just weeks to go before the general election.
Green Party spring conference: Green MEP Keith Taylor wants Brussels to help fund UK food banks
Taylor also said the state should reform the benefits system to help more of those who are in need.
Food bank boss warns of 'rising distress' of families facing 'catastrophic collapse' in income
Chris Mould, chair of the Trussell Trust, also says he has seen unfair benefit decisions rise.
Tory councillor Mark Winn says food banks are for 'people with drug, alcohol and mental health problems'
Councillor quits Twitter after expressing anger at 'Labour propaganda' plotline on BBC's Casualty.
Food banks: Frank Field starts 'fight-back against hunger' with first pilot project
Labour MP says the 'national fight-back against hunger' begins in Birkenhead.
Food banks: The growing struggle to feed Britain and tackle food poverty [Video]
IBTimes UK investigates the rise of food banks in recent years.
Food banks: The struggle to feed Britain
IBTimes UK investigates the rise of food banks in Britain
Food banks in Britain: The shocking statistics
IBTimes UK looks at the number of people who cannot afford to eat properly in the UK, as well as the amount of people visiting food banks.
Feeding Britain: How do food banks work?
The All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Hunger in the UK released its 2014 report Feeding Britain.
Food banks: Asda and Sainsbury's take up Archbishop Justin Welby's food poverty challenge
The supermarkets have made changes in the wake of the Feeding Britain report from MPs.
Food Banks: Church of England and MPs urge UK government to reform benefits
The All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Hunger in the UK is set to release its report today.
UK Benefit Delays Force People to Food Banks, Warn Oxfam and Church of England
But the DWP dismisses the report and claims it used 'self-selecting' data.
Who is Lord Freud? The Controversial Millionaire Banker who Believes Disabled Workers Should be Paid £2 an Hour
Lord Freud has apologised for his "foolish" suggestion.
UK Food Bank Use Jumps 54% as 20 Million Meals Are Handed Out
Below the Breadline report: 'Massive rise' in meals is an 'indictment of an increasingly unequal Britain'
A Short History of Food Banks, a Modern Phenomenon
Almost a million people rely on a service unheard of 30 years ago
Wages Growth Shows Battle Is Between Economic Figures and Feelings
Wages are outstripping inflation but most voters are not feeling benefits yet
UK Food Banks: Nearly 1 Million Rely on Emergency Handouts
The number of people who use food banks has nearly trebled in the course of a year
Poverty Tsar Frank Field Fights for Food Bank Truth
The Labour MP will co-chair an All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into hunger and food poverty.
Jobcentres Send Benefit Claimants to Food Banks [Map]
Ministers insist food banks not part of welfare system despite tacit approval.
One Million in UK 'Could Be Forced to Food Banks'
As cost of living crisis continues, soaring numbers predicted to seek help from food banks.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby Slams 'Big Six' Energy Firms for 'Inexplicable' Price Hikes
Former oil executive begs for moral obligation to factor into setting prices
Foodbank Charity Trussell Trust Calls for 'Urgent' Inquiry into UK Poverty
Executive chairman Chris Mould says foodbank charity's figures should "wake-up" UK.
Empty Stomachs: A Tale of Two London Trussell Trust Food Banks
The Trussell Trust says it has seen 355,985 people receive emergency packets from the charity's food banks between April and September 2013.
Red Cross to Feed UK Population for First Time since World War Two
Charity to send volunteers to collect food for UK citizens for first time in 70 years.
Britain on the Breadline: Middle Class, Hungry and Homeless
Increasingly squeezed middle-class Britain turns to 'foodbanks' as unemployment rises, access to benefits tightens and debt slips out of control.
Poverty Shock: 100,000 Britons Face a Gloomy Christmas
Charities are struggling to cope with increasing numbers of people hit by a combination of government cuts on welfare benefits, rising unemployment and spiralling food and fuel prices.