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Royal Mail takeover by Czech billionaire approved. What does it mean for workers and the six-day service?
Royal mail

Royal Mail takeover by Czech billionaire approved. What does it mean for workers and the six-day service?

‘We are sick and tired’: Hundreds of renters demand ‘rent controls now’ in Christmas protest
RENTING

‘We are sick and tired’: Hundreds of renters demand ‘rent controls now’ in Christmas protest

Cashless Christmas is a gift for our vendors
Advertorial

Cashless Christmas is a gift for our vendors

This is the reality of life in temporary accommodation at Christmas: ‘Where would we put a tree?’
Temporary accommodation

This is the reality of life in temporary accommodation at Christmas: ‘Where would we put a tree?’

Keir Starmer shares powerful Christmas message: ‘I want every child to have the security I had’
Exclusive

Keir Starmer shares powerful Christmas message: ‘I want every child to have the security I had’

Women reveal vile abuse they receive while running: ‘I have to hold keys between my fingers’
Violence against women

Women reveal vile abuse they receive while running: ‘I have to hold keys between my fingers’

Help stop care leavers from falling into homelessness, Labour told: ‘People are suffering’
Care leavers

Help stop care leavers from falling into homelessness, Labour told: ‘People are suffering’

Community meals and workers’ rights: What happens if councils seize Deliveroo and Uber Eats’ ‘ghost kitchens’?
Ghost Kitchens

Community meals and workers’ rights: What happens if councils seize Deliveroo and Uber Eats’ ‘ghost kitchens’?

Politicians and activists explain what went right – and what went wrong – for the world in 2024
2024

Politicians and activists explain what went right – and what went wrong – for the world in 2024

Danny Dyer says people looked at him ‘like scum’ while he sold the Big Issue in London
Our vendors

Danny Dyer says people looked at him ‘like scum’ while he sold the Big Issue in London

Cost of buying an average home in England now unaffordable for all but very rich people
Housing crisis

Cost of buying an average home in England now unaffordable for all but very rich people

‘Vulnerable’ young mental health patients discharged into caravans, B&Bs and onto the street
Mental health

‘Vulnerable’ young mental health patients discharged into caravans, B&Bs and onto the street

Renters are paying £3,240 more a year since the pandemic – and it’s pushing them to their limits
RENTING

Renters are paying £3,240 more a year since the pandemic – and it’s pushing them to their limits

‘Shameful’ Saudi Arabia to be 2034 World Cup hosts. It’s a ‘moment of great danger’ for human rights
Sportswashing

‘Shameful’ Saudi Arabia to be 2034 World Cup hosts. It’s a ‘moment of great danger’ for human rights

Much-loved Big Issue vendor given wooden hut at Christmas market: ‘He’s part of the family’
Our Vendors

Much-loved Big Issue vendor given wooden hut at Christmas market: ‘He’s part of the family’

‘It’s changed our life’: These modern slavery survivors are finding hope at Christmas through music
Modern slavery

‘It’s changed our life’: These modern slavery survivors are finding hope at Christmas through music

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‘Complete disaster’: Outrage as Thames Water reports huge spike in sewage spills… again
Thames Water

‘Complete disaster’: Outrage as Thames Water reports huge spike in sewage spills… again

Calls to give Syrian asylum seekers right to work while UK suspends refugee applications
Syria

Calls to give Syrian asylum seekers right to work while UK suspends refugee applications

This ‘one-of-a-kind’ charity shop offers tools to fix the housing crisis: ‘It’s a charity B&Q’
Housing crisis

This ‘one-of-a-kind’ charity shop offers tools to fix the housing crisis: ‘It’s a charity B&Q’

‘I was really struggling’: Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme it says slashes food bank usage
Christmas

‘I was really struggling’: Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme it says slashes food bank usage