Britain is the seventh richest nation in the world yet we face a growing epidemic of hidden hunger, particularly in children. The reality of parents unable to feed their children is one of the starkest examples of the squeeze on living standards faced by many British families.

In February, Asda...

On 4 August last year, President Obama announced a bold step to allow the United States government to respond quickly to instances of potential mass atrocities and genocide. As we approach Holocaust Memorial Day, I wanted to take a closer look at how the US approach...

The fruit harvest is nearly over. The best of British apples, pears and plums are on the shelves of supermarkets, local shops and market stalls across the country. But have you ever stopped to think about the hand that picked them?

Fair trade campaigners have rightly highlighted the plight...

The McFall report published this week contained a stark warning - fourteen million people are not saving for a pension. There are a whole set of reasons for this - private pensions are complex, costly and inefficient. Past pension mis-selling scandals have not enhanced the industry's reputation either, which is...

Bovine TB is a terrible disease. Last year alone 25,000 cattle were slaughtered in England at a cost of £90 million to the taxpayer in testing and compensation for farmers. In hotspot areas like the South West, the toll on farmers and the rural community is immense.
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Food is fast becoming one of the defining political issues of this century. In June the G20 held its first ever agricultural ministers summit in Paris to discuss rising food prices and the impacts of commodity trading. Similarly, the OECD and UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) last month published...