Enfield Dispatch

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City Hall backs ‘Winter Warmers’ campaign supporting children in poverty

9 October 2024

Sadiq Khan speaking to children on a visit to a primary school

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Khan says he hopes two-child benefit cap will be removed ASAP

24 July 2024

Volunteer picking items from food parcel list

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Demand at Enfield’s biggest foodbank nearly three times higher than six years ago

4 July 2024

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Child poverty up by a third across London since 2010

26 June 2024

Tim Leaver is Enfield Council's cabinet member for finance

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Enfield Council finance boss urges government to continue Household Support Fund

20 February 2024

Enfield has fourth-highest number of UC claimants in London

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Record number of Universal Credit claimants in Enfield

22 January 2024

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Christmas food vouchers for vulnerable families cancelled after ‘council cock-up’

19 December 2023

Sadiq Khan pictured on a visit to Newport Primary School in Waltham Forest borough in September (credit Noah Vickers/LDRS)

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Khan urged to make London’s universal free school meals permanent

5 December 2023

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Fears over plight of elderly renters struggling to pay housing costs

30 November 2023

Outside the community kitchen in Ponders End are (from left) Cooking Champions team members Keely Forbes, Heather Bredee and Clare Donovan

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Feeding the community

7 November 2023

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Almost a quarter of London over-50s living in poverty

16 October 2023

From left, Heather Bredee, Ela Teague and Clare Donovan

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Charity appeals for help to continue offering weekly cooked meals

28 September 2023

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No plans to extend free school meals to secondary pupils, says City Hall

13 September 2023

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Khan ‘aspires’ to make universal free school meals offer permanent

5 September 2023

Wallet (credit Towfiqu Barbhuiya via Unsplash)

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One-in-eight London families going without essentials

7 August 2023

Sadiq Khan (left) and Sir Keir Starmer (right)

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Khan calls for Labour to scrap two-child benefit cap as party row escalates

19 July 2023

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Basic standard of living ‘out of reach’ for millions of Londoners

5 July 2023

The launch event for Cooking Champions' eco kitchen garden

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New ‘eco garden’ to help feed struggling families

30 May 2023

Old people at Tower Bridge (credit Kenza Benaouda via Unsplash)

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Poverty warning for older Londoners

10 May 2023

Foodbank (credit Nico Smit via Unsplash)

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Enfield foodbank warns ‘it’s only getting worse’

4 May 2023

Actor David Morrissey cuts the ribbon in The Felix Project's expanded Enfield depot

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Food charity expands Enfield depot to help meet growing demand

29 April 2023

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Poverty warning as foodbanks struggle to meet demand

21 April 2023

Then-mayor Lee Chamberlain receives a certificate confirming Enfield’s official Fairtrade status in 2008, which it has since lost

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Fighting for a fairer world

22 February 2023

At the new food pantry at St Andrew's Primary School in Enfield Town are chair of governors Theresa Davis, pupils Isaac and Albie, and Enfield North MP Feryal Clark

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Enfield primary school launches foodbank to help struggling families

1 December 2022

Tag - poverty

City Hall backs ‘Winter Warmers’ campaign supporting children in poverty

Khan says he hopes two-child benefit cap will be removed ASAP

Demand at Enfield’s biggest foodbank nearly three times higher than six years ago

Child poverty up by a third across London since 2010

Enfield Council finance boss urges government to continue Household Support Fund

Record number of Universal Credit claimants in Enfield

Christmas food vouchers for vulnerable families cancelled after ‘council cock-up’

Khan urged to make London’s universal free school meals permanent

Fears over plight of elderly renters struggling to pay housing costs

Feeding the community

Almost a quarter of London over-50s living in poverty

Charity appeals for help to continue offering weekly cooked meals

No plans to extend free school meals to secondary pupils, says City Hall

Khan ‘aspires’ to make universal free school meals offer permanent

One-in-eight London families going without essentials

Khan calls for Labour to scrap two-child benefit cap as party row escalates

Basic standard of living ‘out of reach’ for millions of Londoners

New ‘eco garden’ to help feed struggling families

Poverty warning for older Londoners

Enfield foodbank warns ‘it’s only getting worse’

Food charity expands Enfield depot to help meet growing demand

Poverty warning as foodbanks struggle to meet demand

Fighting for a fairer world

Enfield primary school launches foodbank to help struggling families

Person fighting for life after Palmers Green collision

Traffic disruption until end of August on major Enfield road as gas works continue

Planning permission for hundreds of new homes expires as developer fails to deliver

Eight North London bus routes resume after operator’s sudden withdrawal

Enfield filmmakers tackle ‘Cyprus problem’ with new documentary

Wait for appeal go-ahead goes on as Chris Packham slams ‘bonkers’ Spurs plans for Whitewebbs

Bridge replacement work will see Greater Anglia trains diverted for 16 days