ANDY BURNHAM has a “unique chance” to end the scandal of Britain’s reliance on food banks by introducing right-to-food legislation after becoming prime minister, leading anti-poverty experts said yesterday.The UK Right to Food Commission urged him to make a decisive break from his predecessor Sir Keir Starmer’s policies and “decades of austerity-driven political and economic orthodoxy.”It will begin taking evidence from MPs and public health experts in Westminster tomorrow after hearing from food campaigners, experts and unions across the country.

ANDY BURNHAM has a “unique chance” to end the scandal of Britain’s reliance on food banks by introducing right-to-food legislation after becoming prime minister, leading anti-poverty experts said yesterday.

The UK Right to Food Commission urged him to make a decisive break from his predecessor Sir Keir Starmer’s policies and “decades of austerity-driven political and economic orthodoxy.”

It will begin taking evidence from MPs and public health experts in Westminster tomorrow after hearing from food campaigners, experts and unions across the country.

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