FAWN brings academics, trade unionists, community campaigners to understand the connections between structural food inequality and working conditions in the UK.
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Food and Work Network (FAWN) retweeted
A fantastic launch of the #RightToFoodCommission in Parliament, bringing together commissioners, parliamentarians, trade unions, campaigners and the communities at the heart of this fight.
It has been one of the honours of my life to listen to communities across the country and work alongside people determined to end the scourge of hunger.
In one of the richest countries in the world, nobody should be worried about where their next meal is coming from.
Now we need Government action.
A Right to Food enshrined in law, ensuring everyone can access affordable, nutritious food with dignity.
Our communities cannot carry on paying the price for political decisions that drive poverty and food insecurity.
Hunger is a political choice. Together, we must demand a different future.
#RightToFood #HungerIsAPoliticalChoice
Food and Work Network (FAWN) retweeted
Today is #WorldFoodDay - but even in the UK millions are struggling every day to feed themselves & their families
Our unions supported @The_TUC motion backing the call for a legal Right to Food, universal free school meals & investing in communities.
#Hungerisapoliticalchoice
Great to hear the Prime Minister reference our #RightToFood campaign at #PMQs today and commit to ending child hunger in response to @JamesAsser MP.
These welcome words must now be backed by urgent Government action. Our communities cannot wait.
I look forward to presenting the #RightToFoodCommission report to the PM next week and working with him to implement its recommendations.
The roadmap is there. Now we need the political will to deliver a Right to Food for all.
Hunger is a political choice. ✊
Food and Work Network (FAWN) retweeted
LAUNCHED TODAY
We demand a #RightToFood 🍽️
Support the launch of our report and take action.
Write to the PM here: bit.ly/RightToFoodPetition
Food and Work Network (FAWN) retweeted
The full #RightToFoodCommission report can be found here.✊
ianbyrne.org/right-to-food-c…
#RightToFood
#HungerIsAPoliticalChoice
Food and Work Network (FAWN) retweeted
We are proud to support @IanByrneMP @sarahwoolley01 and the Right to Food Commission with this vital work
“This government must act now, put in place immediate relief measures and then work towards ending food insecurity once and for all by legislating to have a right to food.”
PM urged to introduce universal free school meals and end scourge of hunger mirror.co.uk/news/politics/f…
Food and Work Network (FAWN) retweeted
‘Andy Burnham urged to introduce universal free school meals and end scourge of hunger.’
A year-long Right to Food Commission warns food insecurity 'is a national crisis that needs an immediate emergency response'
#RightToFoodCommission
#HungerIsAPoliticalChoice
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Food and Work Network (FAWN) retweeted
Please come along to participate and contribute to work of the Right of Food Commission in Glasgow’s Renfield Centre on the 11th June at 6pm
You can register here eventbrite.co.uk/e/right-to-…
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#HungerIsAPoliticalChoice
Food and Work Network (FAWN) retweeted
Today, the UK Right To Food Commission has written to the Prime Minister raising urgent concerns over rising food insecurity, increasing food inflation and reports of potential dynamic pricing for food in supermarkets.
With 14 million people across the UK already living with food insecurity, we are calling for immediate action to protect families struggling to afford basic essentials.
Our message is clear:
* Food is a human right, not a luxury.
* Dynamic pricing for food must never be introduced.
* Household incomes must rise for those most at risk.
* Support for community food hubs and grassroots organisations must be strengthened.
* Excessive profiteering while families go hungry cannot continue.
The evidence gathered by the Commission across Liverpool, Newcastle, Aberdare, Cardiff and Belfast shows that food insecurity is driving health inequalities, damaging life opportunities and deepening poverty in communities across the country.
We urge the Government to act now.
#RightToFood
Food and Work Network (FAWN) retweeted
Join us in Aberdare this Thursday, March 26, 4-6pm at St Elvan’s for our next Right To Food Commission #CommunityAssembly. Share your experiences of food insecurity and your insights to shape our roadmap to #RightToFood legislation by 2035. #UKCommission #Aberdare #CynonValley #EndHunger #LivedExperience #HungerIsAPoliticalChoice
Register: bit.ly/4bJoVSu
Learn more: bit.ly/4cJR91u
Get involved: bit.ly/4sR7iqN
Food and Work Network (FAWN) retweeted
Hunger is trade union issue. We must take collective action✊
Our GS, @GawainLittle, will be joining
@IanByrneMP, @sarahwoolley01, @FranHeathcote & others in an online rally to tackle food poverty.
Monday 23 Feb | 6:30pm
🚩Join us: bit.ly/therighttofood
#RightToFood #GFTU
Great piece from @sarahwoolley01 & @IanByrneMP about @BFAWUOfficial recent survey/report and why they have set up a right to food commission
To learn more about the Right to Food Commission please visit ianbyrne.org/rtfcommission.
To submit evidence visit ianbyrne.org/rtfcommission-c…
Austerity on the table: Britain’s food workers are being driven into hunger, say SARAH WOOLLEY and IAN BYRNE MP
morningstaronline.co.uk/arti…
Food and Work Network (FAWN) retweeted
Please help to show and share yr support for the #RightToFood UK Commission
Food and Work Network (FAWN) retweeted
From @IanByrneMP
The Right To Food UK Commission, announced in September 2025, will interrogate and report on the scale and scope of food poverty and hunger in the UK today.
The Commission will be based out of the UK Parliament and take evidence from around the UK. It has been established jointly by the Right To Food Campaign, which is led in Parliament by Ian Byrne MP for Liverpool West Derby, the University of Westminster, the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) and the Food and Work Network.
Food and Work Network (FAWN) retweeted
Proud to be working on the launch of this today with the @IanByrneMP @FoodandWorkNet1 @BFAWUOfficial and the Right to Food campaign
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We are proud to be playing our part in the Right To Food UK Commission launching in Parliament on Monday
No one should be going hungry in the UK in 2025. We will deliver a roadmap for #RightToFood legislation that ends hunger. More info at: ianbyrne.org/rtfcommission
These shocking figures lay out clearly the link between in-work poverty and food insecurity
We need a #righttofood but an end to the systemic reasons why people are feeling insecure about food in the first place
16m Britons (24% of the population) live in poverty.
10m live in families in full-time work.
5.2m children live in poverty (36%).
Austerity, low wages, benefits, pension take toll. Destroy lives.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
theguardian.com/society/2024…
Food and Work Network (FAWN) retweeted
Great to read how @MayorofLondon Universal Free School Meals in London helps families financially & improves health, wellbeing & concentration levels of children. Exactly why Universal Free School Meals are a key ask of our national #RightToFood campaign.
ianbyrne.org/righttofood
Universal free primary school meals in London have helped boost the health and wellbeing of families - new report on @MayorofLondon's initiative.
Why they should be provided in all schools, all ages, across all Britain.
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/f…
Food and Work Network (FAWN) retweeted
Spot on from @RLong_Bailey, we need a #RightToFood