A weak and disappointing response from David Cameron on tackling hunger.
Being invited to the G8 summit is a surreal point in my accidental career so far. For a young woman who started out blogging in response to a local councillor claiming that “druggies, drunks and single mums are ruining the… Read More ›
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Hunger Hurts. (July 2012)
Today has seen fourteen job applications go in, painstakingly typed on this Jurassic mobile phone, for care work, shop work, factory work, minimum wage work, any kind of work, because quite simply, this doesn’t work. For reasons unbeknownst to me,… Read More ›
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G8 Lough Erne Declaration – JUST PUBLISHED
LOUGH ERNE DECLARATION Private enterprise drives growth, reduces poverty, and creates jobs and prosperity for people around the world. Governments have a special responsibility to make proper rules and promote good governance. Fair taxes, increased transparency and open trade are… Read More ›
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“In my household there was food, but not always enough”.
On Monday afternoon I had the pleasure of meeting Tanzanian activists Mwajuma and Frank, who both suffered from hunger and malnutrition as children. In Frank’s own words: “in my household, there was food, but there was not always enough.” At… Read More ›
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Making Africa better for the G8, not for Africa
There is a popular saying, “Nothing about us without us”, or nihil de nobis, sine nobis in Latin – that policies should not be created and decisions should not be passed without the co-operation of the people that those policies… Read More ›
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David Cameron’s violet artichokes and fillet beef…..while IF campaign to end world hunger.
Ironically, just after I posted the photo of the END HUNGER sign on the bank of Lough Erne to greet the G8 leaders as they arrived for the summit today, one of those leaders tweeted a photo of what he… Read More ›
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End Hunger at G8
The IF campaign send a clear message to the eight world leaders at the G8 summit with their END HUNGER sign on the bank of Lough Erne… Jack Monroe. Twitter: @MsJackMonroe
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Campaigners want an end to tax dodging and hunger
IF campaigners send a message about tax dodging and hunger on Monday morning before the G8 summit. Jack Monroe. Twitter: @MsJackMonroe
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G8 Lough Erne Declaration – JUST PUBLISHED
June 18, 2013
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“In my household there was food, but not always enough”.
June 18, 2013
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Making Africa better for the G8, not for Africa
June 18, 2013
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David Cameron’s violet artichokes and fillet beef…..while IF campaign to end world hunger.
June 17, 2013
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A weak and disappointing response from David Cameron on tackling hunger.
June 18, 2013
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End Hunger at G8
June 17, 2013
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Campaigners want an end to tax dodging and hunger
June 17, 2013
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“It’s in your power to bring about change.” – Barack Obama, speaking before the G8 summit
June 17, 2013
Life & Food »
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Big Blue Supermarket: ONE. Big Orange Supermarket: NIL.
June 12, 2013
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Soho Food Feast…. In Pictures.
June 9, 2013
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What’s it like to rely on food banks? BBC News, 30th May
May 30, 2013
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Earthy Red Wine and Mushroom Soup, 24p per portion*
May 27, 2013
