NUJ supports the Right to Food campaign
Eleven million people in the UK are experiencing food insecurity. The NUJ supports the Right to Food campaign.
The Right to Food campaign urges the UK government to end food poverty by delivering on five key campaign demands:
1. Universal free school meals. No child should go hungry and the Right To Food campaign is calling for free school meals for every child.
2. Government to state how much of minimum wages and benefits (on which people are expected to live) is for food. The Right To Food Campaign wants Government to reveal how much money is factored in for food when setting minimum/living wages and benefits.
3. Independent enforcement of legislation. Right To Food legislation must be accompanied by oversight and enforcement powers granted to a new independent regulatory body that will hold Government to account.
4. Community Kitchens. The Right To Food Campaign believes Community Kitchens provide a workable solution to food poverty. Government should fund dining clubs and ‘meals-on-wheels’ services for the elderly and vulnerable, school holiday meals for those most in need and cookery clubs for the wider community.
5. Ensured food security. Government must ensure food security and take this into account when setting competition, planning, transport, local government and all other policy.