The UK government has announced plans to treble the amount of surplus food redistributed across the country as part of a wider strategy to tackle food waste and support families struggling with rising living costs. The move is expected to significantly increase the volume of edible food redirected away from waste streams and into charities, community organisations and food redistribution networks. The announcement comes as fresh concern grows over food insecurity across the U

Lower-income families living in rural Britain are increasingly struggling to access affordable, healthy food, with new research warning that large parts of the countryside are becoming “food deserts”. The study, led by the University of Sheffield, found that households earning under £40,000 a year in rural areas face significantly greater barriers to buying fresh fruit and vegetables than families on similar incomes living in deprived urban communities. Researchers discovered

Egypt has unveiled an ambitious £12 billion agricultural development project aimed at transforming vast areas of desert into productive farmland as the country intensifies efforts to strengthen food security and reduce reliance on imports. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi officially launched the New Delta agriculture project during the 2026 wheat harvest on newly cultivated land west of the Nile Delta. The initiative is being described by Egyptian officials as the country’s lar