Policy & Research
The first Feeding Britain report was published in December 2014. The report carried the findings of a national inquiry, into the extent and causes of hunger and food insecurity, that was commissioned by a cross-party group of MPs and Peers. The inquiry received evidence from hundreds of people and organisations across the United Kingdom. Since that first report in 2014, Feeding Britain has continued to monitor the root causes of hunger, reveal the hidden or less well known aspects of food insecurity, and propose policy-related solutions to these injustices.
Recent Policy Briefings
Feeding Britain HAF Briefing, June 2026
Universal Credit and The Five Week Wait, June 2026
Reports published by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hunger:
Feeding Britain: A strategy for zero hunger in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland
An Evidence Review for the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Hunger in the United Kingdom
Feeding Britain: six months on
A route map to ending hunger as we know it in the United Kingdom
Britain’s not-so-hidden hunger
Hidden hunger and malnutrition in the elderly
The ‘Other Britain’ and the failure of the welfare state
Feeding Britain’s reports
Young people, systems and hardship report, June 2026
Healthy Start: Ensuring the best start for babies, infants, and toddlers, May 2026
Energy bills and household incomes, August 2022
A Hunger Trap – Eligibility criteria for free school meals in England, July 2022
Families’ early experiences of prepaid cards under Healthy Start, February 2022
Structural Inequalities: Secure work and a secure safety net, July 2021
Structural Inequalities: Structural inequality, disability and food insecurity, June 2021
Stemming the rise of child poverty, February 2021
Hunger and the need for food banks between March and September 2020, October 2020
Food and coping strategies during the Covid-19 pandemic, June 2020
Healthy Start vouchers: Trends in take-up and value, May 2020
Hungry for change: Working paper on free school meals, 2019
A Hunger Free UK, October 2018
Ending hunger in the holidays, December 2017
Government Consultation Submissions
DWP Carer’s Allowance consultation, August 2026
‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ White Paper consultation, July 2026
DfE consultation on School Food Standards, July 2026
Timms Review on Personal Independence Payment, May 2026
Right To Food UK Commission, May 2026
Digital ID consultation, May 2026
Child poverty in Wales inquiry, May 2026
Delivering the Child Poverty Strategy inquiry, March 2026
DWP Codes of Practice, February 2026
Financial Inclusion Strategy inquiry, January 2026
Debt Relief Scheme consultation, December 2025
UK fiscal framework inquiry, December 2025
Warm Home Discount scheme consultation, November 2025
Standing charges consultation, October 2025
Autumn Budget 2025, October 2025
Early Years inquiry, October 2025
Child Maintenance Service inquiry, October 2025
Bills sponsored by Feeding Britain’s supporters in Parliament, to address the drivers of hunger
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (Powers) Bill
Under-Occupancy Penalty (Report) Bill
Social Security Benefits (Healthy Eating) Bill
Benefit Sanctions (Warnings) Bill
Disability Benefit Assessments (Recording) Bill
Full Employment Bill
Workers (Rights and Definition) Bill
School Holidays (Meals and Activities) Bill
Employment (Minimum Hours) Bill
Workers (Definition and Rights) Bill
Free School Meals (Automatic Registration of Eligible Children) Bill
Proposals tabled by Feeding Britain’s supporters in Parliament, to address the drivers of hunger
A new deal on prepayment meters
Department for Work and Pensions review of food bank use
Social security benefit increases and levels of inflation