by our industrial reporter @TrinderMatt

THE labour movement must work together in the fight for a statutory right to food, bakers’ union head Sarah Woolley has stressed.

The BFAWU general secretary told the union’s “All we want for Christmas is the right to food” webinar on Tuesday evening that change is needed to help the 12 million people across Britain who are suffering from food poverty — despite the country being the sixth richest in the world. 

The event also heard from Ian Byrne, Labour MP for Liverpool West Derby, and Ronda Grant, the party’s MSP for the Highlands and Islands, both backing the growing campaign in their respective parliaments.