The risk of "severe" food shortages is intensifying for the people of Mali as the ongoing conflict threatens to exacerbate the 'hunger' season, Christian Aid has warned.
Church Action on Poverty and Oxfam have called for a parliamentary inquiry into the link between changes to welfare, benefit delays and rising food poverty in the UK. Charities call for urgent Parliamentary Inquiry, as more than half a million people in the UK now hungry and reliant on food aid
The Very Reverend John Christie says best response to the Dhaka factory collapse is not to boycott clothing from Bangladesh but to keep buying them and pay more.
People turning out for Pentecost 2013 in Ipswich on Sunday are being asked to bring cans of food and soup with them to help local people struggling to make ends meet.