Poor Americans face food aid delay during government shutdown
Billions in ‘Snap’ nutritional assistance programme benefits are stalled despite court orders
Billions in ‘Snap’ nutritional assistance programme benefits are stalled despite court orders

US consumer demand drops after households lose access to federal Snap subsidy programme

President under pressure to end stand-off that has put food supplies to millions of Americans at risk

The longest budget impasse in American history is compounding the impact of federal cutbacks for consultants

Groceries Code Adjudicator is probing whether company’s food retail business has been failing to pay suppliers on time

A lack of political will has turned the problem of too many out of work into a system that fails everyone

Official figures delayed by government shutdown will provide little clarity on the outlook for interest rates