The way Britain produces, manufactures, sells and consumes food is a barrier to healthy eating, hitting the poorest hardest, a group of Peers has said.
Global poverty is rising, directly contradicting the mainstream wisdom that it is being eradicated, according to Philip Alston's final report to the UN.
The COVID-19 crisis hit after the weakest decade of growth in incomes since comparable records began. Years of stalled productivity and poor earnings growth, and deep cuts to working-age benefits had been a further drag on the living standards of many lower-income households.
The right to food is enshrined in international human rights law treaties that the UK has signed and is generally understood as part of the right to an adequate standard of living and the right to health.
The COVID-19 crisis has exposed deep failings in the UK’s welfare system which should be addressed as part of a long-term plan to rethink and 'future-proof' the welfare state, according to a new IPPR report.