As the government cuts back on the social safety net amid rising food prices, it's never been clearer that hunger is a political choice. It’s time to legislate to ensure that everyone has the right to food, writes Liverpool West Derby MP Ian Byrne in Tribune.

When informed by the Liverpool ECHO of the dad's claims, Liverpool West Derby Ian Byrne MP, who was at Hillsborough and is spearheading The Real Truth Legacy Project, said: “This very disturbing incident shows exactly why The Real Truth Legacy Project is so important and why carefully planned, accurate and appropriate learning resources for schools across the country are required.

"This is exactly the type of incident that could be avoided by having education about Hillsborough added to the National Curriculum.”

Liverpool West Derby MP Ian Byrne has given a powerful speech today in Parliament during an Opposition Day debate on the Cost of Living and Food Insecurity.

In a passionate and hard-hitting speech, the MP, who is currently leading the campaign to have the Right To Food enshrined in UK law, said that hunger and fuel poverty is a political choice and that the buck stops firmly with the Government.

De La Salle Academy in Croxteth was facing being shut down by the government - but the future of the school has now been secured, following a successful community and political campaign.

West Derby residents are invited to join the Grow West Derby Community Clear-up at ‘The Secret Garden’ in Knotty Ash this Sunday, 6th February, starting at 9am.

Ian Byrne, Labour MP for Liverpool West Derby, has tabled a fresh Parliamentary motion backing the case for women born in the 1950s to have repaid all the money they lost by the six year delay in receiving their pension. For some people this could be as high as £50,000.

He tabled the new motion this morning, reigniting the issue which the government want dead and buried after the campaign group Back to 60 lost in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court refused to hear the case.

Liverpool city councillors tonight passed a motion by Ian Byrne MP to commemorate the Hillsborough Disaster with a dedicated education programme and annual 'Hillsborough Day' in all schools governed by the local education authority.

Liverpool city councillors will this week decide whether to pass a motion to commemorate the Hillsborough Disaster with a dedicated education programme and annual 'Hillsborough Day' in all schools governed by the local education authority.

The motion proposed by Everton ward councillor and Liverpool West Derby MP Ian Byrne goes to a vote in the council chamber tomorrow.

At today’s Westminster Hall debate on “youth crime and anti-social behaviour", West Derby MP Ian Byrne spoke about the impact of Tory austerity on young people and savage Tory cuts to youth services. He called for urgently needed funding for youth centres, mentoring services and youth mental health services.

The Hillsborough disaster and the cover-up needs to be part of the national curriculum and ‘The Real Truth Legacy Project’ aims to achieve just that.

Liverpool West Derby MP Ian Byrne is seeking to ensure that current and future generations learn the truth about Hillsborough, and he wants to ensure that school children have access to a definitive account of the disaster and the subsequent cover-up.

Jeff Goulding writes in This Is Anfield.

Liverpool West Derby MP Ian Byrne spoke about the importance of these changes to the law and outlined why education and his Real Truth Legacy Project must be part of the legacy of Hillsborough.

ITV's 'Anne' was a masterpiece, inspiring sadness and rage at the injustice of Hillsborough and offering a reminder of just how far the Establishment will go to smear its victims.

An end of year message from West Derby MP Ian Byrne

Twelve months on from the launch of his national #RightToFood campaign, Ian Byrne MP has this week issued a new Early Day Motion (EDM) on Food Insecurity.

Today at Prime Ministers Questions (PMQs) Liverpool West Derby MP Ian Byrne secured a meeting with the Government to progress ‘The Real Truth’ legacy project, including the education of school children about Hillsborough.

Mr Byrne told the Liverpool Echo: "The turnout was magnificent and I was delighted to hear so many eloquent speeches on what the school means to so many people. We heard inspiring stories from former pupils, former teachers, some of the facilities staff at the school, and a pupil of the future.”

Liverpool MP Ian Byrne, who survived the Hillsborough disaster, has told Parliament that the tragedy should be taught in schools as part of the national curriculum.

The government's National Food Strategy was an opportunity to tackle hunger in Britain – but instead it shows that the Tories prefer millions living in food poverty to any kind of fundamental change

National Food Strategy plans to give free school meals to more kids are welcome, said @IanByrneMP, but the report shows a "lack of ambition" to end families' struggle for food.