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Ethnic minorities are still paid less than white colleagues – and pay parity is long, long overdue
Ethnicity pay gap

Ethnic minorities are still paid less than white colleagues – and pay parity is long, long overdue

Tax-free childcare: How does it work, how much can you save and how can you apply?
Childcare

Tax-free childcare: How does it work, how much can you save and how can you apply?

Rishi Sunak claims he’s going to cut taxes by tightening benefits. Here’s why it’ll backfire badly
Benefits

Rishi Sunak claims he’s going to cut taxes by tightening benefits. Here’s why it’ll backfire badly

Two-thirds of government’s £4.2bn housebuilding fund remains unspent – so we spent it for them
Housing crisis

Two-thirds of government’s £4.2bn housebuilding fund remains unspent – so we spent it for them

How to get help with childcare if you are on universal credit
Childcare

How to get help with childcare if you are on universal credit

Sophie Winkleman, Peep Show’s Big Suze and royal actress, on lessons learned from Big Issue vendors
Our vendors

Sophie Winkleman, Peep Show’s Big Suze and royal actress, on lessons learned from Big Issue vendors

Everything you need to know about UK’s shameful Post Office scandal
Post Office scandal

Everything you need to know about UK’s shameful Post Office scandal

Anger as energy firms allowed to resume force-fitting prepayment meters: ‘Cruel and dangerous’
Energy bills

Anger as energy firms allowed to resume force-fitting prepayment meters: ‘Cruel and dangerous’

Why residents must, must, must have a say in the design of their communities
Architecture

Why residents must, must, must have a say in the design of their communities

Read prison letters of Just Stop Oil activists jailed for QE2 bridge protest: ‘UK cannot imprison its way out of climate crisis’
Activism

Read prison letters of Just Stop Oil activists jailed for QE2 bridge protest: ‘UK cannot imprison its way out of climate crisis’

Tories accused of playing Big Brother with bill giving DWP powers to ‘snoop’ on bank accounts
Department for Work and Pensions

Tories accused of playing Big Brother with bill giving DWP powers to ‘snoop’ on bank accounts

This is what ‘clearing’ UK asylum backlog looks like: Homeless refugees in the cold needing help
Immigration

This is what ‘clearing’ UK asylum backlog looks like: Homeless refugees in the cold needing help

Rebuilding Ukraine and fighting forced evictions: These projects will give you hope in 2024
World Habitat Awards

Rebuilding Ukraine and fighting forced evictions: These projects will give you hope in 2024

Big Issue vendor Will Payne hangs up his tabard for new job as a street cleaner: ‘I love it’
Our Vendors

Big Issue vendor Will Payne hangs up his tabard for new job as a street cleaner: ‘I love it’

‘Irreversible harm’ done as Home Office resumes forcing refugees onto streets after Christmas pause
Immigration

‘Irreversible harm’ done as Home Office resumes forcing refugees onto streets after Christmas pause

No excuse for shoplifting due to ‘generous’ UK benefits system, minister says. Here’s the reality
Cost of living crisis

No excuse for shoplifting due to ‘generous’ UK benefits system, minister says. Here’s the reality

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5 ways to fix a broken UK – from universal credit to an urgent general election
Hope for 2024

5 ways to fix a broken UK – from universal credit to an urgent general election

DWP benefits payment dates to expect in January 2024 – with changes over the New Year
Benefits

DWP benefits payment dates to expect in January 2024 – with changes over the New Year

Thousands of refugees left destitute as Rishi Sunak boasts of clearing asylum backlog
Immigration

Thousands of refugees left destitute as Rishi Sunak boasts of clearing asylum backlog

Will Trump win? Are the Tories finished? The man behind Jonathan Pie predicts politics in 2024
Politics

Will Trump win? Are the Tories finished? The man behind Jonathan Pie predicts politics in 2024