Social Justice
Half a million kids to be lifted out of poverty with Labour’s new strategy: ‘This is a moral mission’

Half a million kids to be lifted out of poverty with Labour’s new strategy: ‘This is a moral mission’
The government’s long-awaited child poverty strategy is set to be published in full on Friday (5 December). Here’s how the government plans to lift 550,000 children out of poverty
Parents helped with cost of baby formula as first details of child poverty strategy revealed

Parents helped with cost of baby formula as first details of child poverty strategy revealed
The first details of the long-awaited child poverty strategy are being revealed, ahead of its publication later this week
Everything you need to know about Labour’s child poverty strategy

Everything you need to know about Labour’s child poverty strategy
Big Issue explains everything you need to know about the government’s long-awaited strategy to bring down child poverty in the UK
What could – and should – be in Labour’s long-awaited child poverty strategy?
What could – and should – be in Labour’s long-awaited child poverty strategy?
What lessons do Sadiq Khan’s free school meals have for Labour as two-child benefit cap ends?
What lessons do Sadiq Khan’s free school meals have for Labour as two-child benefit cap ends?
Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
Rachel Reeves cracks down on benefit fraud. How much could she really save – and at what cost?

Rachel Reeves cracks down on benefit fraud. How much could she really save – and at what cost?
What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?
‘Landmark moment’: Rachel Reeves scraps two-child limit to lift 350,000 kids out of poverty

‘Landmark moment’: Rachel Reeves scraps two-child limit to lift 350,000 kids out of poverty
‘It’s not like a normal pub’: How communities are rallying together to breathe new life into dying pubs

‘It’s not like a normal pub’: How communities are rallying together to breathe new life into dying pubs
How did Rachel Reeves do in her first autumn budget? We ask people on the frontlines, one year on

How did Rachel Reeves do in her first autumn budget? We ask people on the frontlines, one year on
Prisoners are dying within a day of their release. What’s going wrong?

Prisoners are dying within a day of their release. What’s going wrong?
West Ham star Tomáš Souček: ‘We cannot judge homeless people – we can only help’

West Ham star Tomáš Souček: ‘We cannot judge homeless people – we can only help’
Older people are surviving, not living. The autumn budget cannot ignore pensioner poverty

Older people are surviving, not living. The autumn budget cannot ignore pensioner poverty
Child hunger is a ‘damning indictment’ of Britain, says Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu

Child hunger is a ‘damning indictment’ of Britain, says Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu
Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Scottish minister remains ‘concerned’ Labour’s child poverty strategy will lack impact

Scottish minister remains ‘concerned’ Labour’s child poverty strategy will lack impact
‘I would go to school shivering’: 300,000 children in the UK may go without a coat this winter

‘I would go to school shivering’: 300,000 children in the UK may go without a coat this winter
‘I spent my burial fund on repairs’: Pensioners in poverty pushed to breaking point by unexpected bills

‘I spent my burial fund on repairs’: Pensioners in poverty pushed to breaking point by unexpected bills
Universal credit sanctions more ‘severe’ and ‘damaging’ than criminal fines, report finds

Universal credit sanctions more ‘severe’ and ‘damaging’ than criminal fines, report finds
Overwhelming majority of Brits say the country feels divided

Overwhelming majority of Brits say the country feels divided
These raw, heartfelt voice notes are straight from Gaza’s frontline: ‘Even the silence is frightening’



