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Beats Bus: How a Hull group is using hip-hop to fight poverty and protect young people from gangs
Community activism

Beats Bus: How a Hull group is using hip-hop to fight poverty and protect young people from gangs

Children forced to sleep on floors as parents skip meals due to cost of living – something has to give
Child poverty

Children forced to sleep on floors as parents skip meals due to cost of living – something has to give

‘Mummy can’t afford it’: Families worry about coping as DWP cost of living payments come to an end
Cost of living

‘Mummy can’t afford it’: Families worry about coping as DWP cost of living payments come to an end

Cost of living crisis sees more and more children seeking mental health help: ‘I feel like a burden’
Mental health

Cost of living crisis sees more and more children seeking mental health help: ‘I feel like a burden’

Tens of thousands call on DWP to reinstate ‘lifeline’ cost of living payment for disabled people
Disabilities

Tens of thousands call on DWP to reinstate ‘lifeline’ cost of living payment for disabled people

Tories unveil plan to make UK ‘most accessible place in the world’ – but does it go far enough?
Disabilities

Tories unveil plan to make UK ‘most accessible place in the world’ – but does it go far enough?

Restaurateur Hakan Topkaya puts love into his kebabs. The cost of living crisis threatens it all
Hospitality

Restaurateur Hakan Topkaya puts love into his kebabs. The cost of living crisis threatens it all

‘Everything is set up for families’: The true cost of being single in a cost of living crisis
Relationships

‘Everything is set up for families’: The true cost of being single in a cost of living crisis

We need you! Join Jamie Oliver by sharing your delicious recipes that do the most with the least
The Big Issue Recipe Collection

We need you! Join Jamie Oliver by sharing your delicious recipes that do the most with the least

‘It’s a lifeline’: MPs urge government to help families in crisis and continue household support fund
Household Support Fund

‘It’s a lifeline’: MPs urge government to help families in crisis and continue household support fund

‘Mr Sunak, do something’: Big Issue vendors lead call for PM to protect renters from homelessness
End Housing Insecurity Now

‘Mr Sunak, do something’: Big Issue vendors lead call for PM to protect renters from homelessness

‘An urgent wake-up call’: Half of disabled people are struggling to pay their energy bills
Cost of living crisis

‘An urgent wake-up call’: Half of disabled people are struggling to pay their energy bills

Jamie Oliver champions low-cost recipes with the launch of The Big Issue Recipe Collection
The Big Issue Recipe Collection

Jamie Oliver champions low-cost recipes with the launch of The Big Issue Recipe Collection

Big Issue Recipe Collection: Jamie Oliver’s easy no-oven pizza that’s ready in just 10 minutes
Big Issue Recipe Collection

Big Issue Recipe Collection: Jamie Oliver’s easy no-oven pizza that’s ready in just 10 minutes

Big Issue Recipe Collection: Jamie Oliver’s delicious no-churn ice cream only takes five minutes
Big Issue Recipe Collection

Big Issue Recipe Collection: Jamie Oliver’s delicious no-churn ice cream only takes five minutes

21 million Brits are struggling to pay bills: ‘People will go cold, hungry and lose their homes’
Cost of living crisis

21 million Brits are struggling to pay bills: ‘People will go cold, hungry and lose their homes’

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DWP benefits and cost of living payment dates to expect in February 2024
Benefits

DWP benefits and cost of living payment dates to expect in February 2024

Millions in UK need to double their income to escape poverty – but change is possible. Here’s how
Paul Kissack

Millions in UK need to double their income to escape poverty – but change is possible. Here’s how

UK poverty: The facts, effects and solutions in the cost of living crisis
Poverty

UK poverty: The facts, effects and solutions in the cost of living crisis

UK has become the sick man of Europe since 2010. Politicians must get a grip on the economy
Paul Swinney

UK has become the sick man of Europe since 2010. Politicians must get a grip on the economy