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Social supermarkets have emerged in Britain in the past five years as a response to food poverty and food waste. These non-charitable initiatives sell food “surplus” to people on low incomes at heavily discounted prices, and provide social support.In new research, my colleague and I have mapped the growth of social supermarkets and found that while they help support people who are struggling, they do little to challenge the inequalities in the food system. Despite being the fifth richest country in the world, food poverty in Britain has increased over the last decade. Based on UN estimates, as many as 8.4m people are food insecure in the UK. Meanwhile, there has been intense media and political attention on the amount of food that goes to waste in Britain. It is estimated…

A quality job. What’s not to like? But what do we mean by ‘quality’ and how can we measure it appropriately so it can be improved? The CIPD has conducted a detailed and extensive survey of approximately 6,000 workers across different sectors using seven critical dimensions which employees, employers and policy makers can measure and focus on to raise job quality and improve working lives. Applied to the UK workforce, the index provides a snapshot of what job quality looks like in Britain today. Our survey report reveals some myth-busting findings, and underscores the critical role of skills development, access to training, career conversations and especially employee well-being in advancing job quality. Click here to read more