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Adoptees share the ‘extreme emotional challenge’ of meeting birth parents decades after adoption
Adoption

Adoptees share the ‘extreme emotional challenge’ of meeting birth parents decades after adoption

Disabled people ‘risk losing right to take part in society’ with social care ‘on its knees’
Social care

Disabled people ‘risk losing right to take part in society’ with social care ‘on its knees’

1,000 asylum seekers in cash-strapped Birmingham face homelessness by Christmas
Exclusive

1,000 asylum seekers in cash-strapped Birmingham face homelessness by Christmas

I have a fear of walking. DWP put me through hell waiting for a disability benefits tribunal
Disability benefits

I have a fear of walking. DWP put me through hell waiting for a disability benefits tribunal

RIBA Stirling Prize 2023: Retirement day centre named UK’s best new building
Architecture

RIBA Stirling Prize 2023: Retirement day centre named UK’s best new building

Asylum seekers returning to Bibby Stockholm barge is ‘health catastrophe waiting to happen’
Bibby Stockholm

Asylum seekers returning to Bibby Stockholm barge is ‘health catastrophe waiting to happen’

5 ways to help those suffering in the deadly Israel-Hamas war
Israel-Palestine conflict

5 ways to help those suffering in the deadly Israel-Hamas war

Sign up to Survival Guide: The Big Issue’s cost of living newsletter with human stories at the heart
Cost of living crisis

Sign up to Survival Guide: The Big Issue’s cost of living newsletter with human stories at the heart

Rapper and TV chef Big Zuu: ‘The more people give back, the better the world we’ll see’
Food poverty

Rapper and TV chef Big Zuu: ‘The more people give back, the better the world we’ll see’

Young woman estranged from family recalls fight for survival amid cost of living crisis: ‘I was scared’
Cost of living crisis

Young woman estranged from family recalls fight for survival amid cost of living crisis: ‘I was scared’

Tory by-election candidate blasted over post telling jobless, struggling parents to ‘f**k off’
Conservative Party

Tory by-election candidate blasted over post telling jobless, struggling parents to ‘f**k off’

Almost half a million kids could fall into poverty if benefits don’t rise with inflation, experts warn
Benefits

Almost half a million kids could fall into poverty if benefits don’t rise with inflation, experts warn

Bill to reform rental market and ban no-fault evictions to get second reading after lengthy delay
Renting

Bill to reform rental market and ban no-fault evictions to get second reading after lengthy delay

Are you gay enough for Suella Braverman? How Home Office expects LGBTQ+ migrants to ‘prove’ themselves
LGBTQ+ Rights

Are you gay enough for Suella Braverman? How Home Office expects LGBTQ+ migrants to ‘prove’ themselves

Food banks brace for ‘worst winter yet’ as record numbers need help amid cost of living crisis
Food banks

Food banks brace for ‘worst winter yet’ as record numbers need help amid cost of living crisis

I quit work to care for my mum. Big Issue Recruit helped me find my sense of purpose again
Big Issue Recruit

I quit work to care for my mum. Big Issue Recruit helped me find my sense of purpose again

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What’s next for Just Stop Oil? Activists target unis after key backer says protests ‘counterproductive’
Just Stop Oil

What’s next for Just Stop Oil? Activists target unis after key backer says protests ‘counterproductive’

Disabled people twice as likely to face debt amid cost of living crisis: ‘The system is broken’
Cost of living crisis

Disabled people twice as likely to face debt amid cost of living crisis: ‘The system is broken’

Community land trusts are the next social housing revolution: ‘It’s about empowering people’ 
The Future of Housing

Community land trusts are the next social housing revolution: ‘It’s about empowering people’ 

Housing developments are worsening the healthcare crisis. Here’s how
Housing

Housing developments are worsening the healthcare crisis. Here’s how