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I was trafficked and forced to work 23 hours a day. How was I meant to return to normality?
Modern slavery

I was trafficked and forced to work 23 hours a day. How was I meant to return to normality?

Tenants win more than £250,000 of rent back from billionaire landlord in five-year legal battle
Renting

Tenants win more than £250,000 of rent back from billionaire landlord in five-year legal battle

Donald Trump’s import tariffs could ‘completely destabilise’ UK’s car industry
Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s import tariffs could ‘completely destabilise’ UK’s car industry

DWP ordered to correct ‘entirely misleading’ claim about universal credit claimants looking for work
Benefits

DWP ordered to correct ‘entirely misleading’ claim about universal credit claimants looking for work

Electric van to help charity deliver 50,000 meals to homeless people
Homelessness

Electric van to help charity deliver 50,000 meals to homeless people

This is the devastating impact growing up in temporary accommodation has on children’s GCSE results
Education

This is the devastating impact growing up in temporary accommodation has on children’s GCSE results

Benefits, rent rises, and energy bill hikes: All the tax year changes in April 2025 you need to know about
Social Justice

Benefits, rent rises, and energy bill hikes: All the tax year changes in April 2025 you need to know about

DWP payment dates in April 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
Benefits

DWP payment dates in April 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

Actor and activist Mark Rylance: ‘Brian Haw sacrificed his mind and body for peace’
Peace

Actor and activist Mark Rylance: ‘Brian Haw sacrificed his mind and body for peace’

Could Rachel Reeves have introduced a wealth tax instead of benefit cuts? Economists say yes
Wealth tax

Could Rachel Reeves have introduced a wealth tax instead of benefit cuts? Economists say yes

Child poverty hits new record high – before Labour benefit cuts will push 50,000 more into hardship
Child poverty

Child poverty hits new record high – before Labour benefit cuts will push 50,000 more into hardship

Doubt cast on Rachel Reeves’ claim Labour will be in ‘touching distance’ of building 1.5 million homes
Housing

Doubt cast on Rachel Reeves’ claim Labour will be in ‘touching distance’ of building 1.5 million homes

Communities that build solar panels and wind farms should get cheaper bills, says Labour minister
Community energy

Communities that build solar panels and wind farms should get cheaper bills, says Labour minister

Five years after Covid, why has working from home become a culture war fault line?
Five years on from the pandemic

Five years after Covid, why has working from home become a culture war fault line?

‘You don’t have to be a celebrity to make an impact’: Big Issue’s Covid heroes, five years on
Five years since the pandemic

‘You don’t have to be a celebrity to make an impact’: Big Issue’s Covid heroes, five years on

250,000 people will be plunged into poverty by benefit cuts, DWP analysis reveals
Disability benefits

250,000 people will be plunged into poverty by benefit cuts, DWP analysis reveals

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‘Welfare not warfare’: Disabled people hold Downing Street protest over Spring Statement benefit cuts
Spring Statement

‘Welfare not warfare’: Disabled people hold Downing Street protest over Spring Statement benefit cuts

Benefit cuts and big housebuilding promises: What Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement means for you
Spring Statement

Benefit cuts and big housebuilding promises: What Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement means for you

‘They had nowhere to go’: The story of rough sleepers left outside in London’s Covid-19 lockdowns
Homelessness

‘They had nowhere to go’: The story of rough sleepers left outside in London’s Covid-19 lockdowns

Covid got us all in mutual aid groups. Five years on, what happened to the lockdown anarchists?
Five years since the pandemic

Covid got us all in mutual aid groups. Five years on, what happened to the lockdown anarchists?