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A person is reported missing every 90 seconds in UK – and cost of living crisis is making it worse
Missing persons

A person is reported missing every 90 seconds in UK – and cost of living crisis is making it worse

DWP is ‘penalising’ terminally ill people for ‘not dying fast enough’, campaigner warns
Benefits

DWP is ‘penalising’ terminally ill people for ‘not dying fast enough’, campaigner warns

How tiny music venue The Pit at Newstead revived a former mining community: ‘It’s a lifeline’
venue watch

How tiny music venue The Pit at Newstead revived a former mining community: ‘It’s a lifeline’

Uncertainty over minister for disabled people role sparks backlash: ‘What message does this send?’
DWP

Uncertainty over minister for disabled people role sparks backlash: ‘What message does this send?’

‘Ministers aren’t interested in evidence’: DWP sanctions are driving people to disability benefits
Benefits

‘Ministers aren’t interested in evidence’: DWP sanctions are driving people to disability benefits

Martin Lewis calls for urgent action on debt collectors as millions feel ‘harassed’ and ‘suicidal’
Cost of living crisis

Martin Lewis calls for urgent action on debt collectors as millions feel ‘harassed’ and ‘suicidal’

Shane MacGowan stood for hope amid hurt and loss. In a tough year, his funeral moved millions
Paul McNamee

Shane MacGowan stood for hope amid hurt and loss. In a tough year, his funeral moved millions

How much more expensive will Christmas dinner be this year due to cost of living crisis?
Cost of living

How much more expensive will Christmas dinner be this year due to cost of living crisis?

Christmas on a budget: How to make perfect roast potatoes with cheffing sensations BOSH!
Christmas

Christmas on a budget: How to make perfect roast potatoes with cheffing sensations BOSH!

Christmas dinner on a budget: How to make chef Dan Pelosi’s creamy cauliflower skillet
Christmas

Christmas dinner on a budget: How to make chef Dan Pelosi’s creamy cauliflower skillet

Christmas dinner on a budget: How to make celeb chef Tom Kerridge’s turkey meatloaf traybake
Christmas

Christmas dinner on a budget: How to make celeb chef Tom Kerridge’s turkey meatloaf traybake

Christmas on a budget: How to have turkey, stuffing and all the trimmings on the cheap
Christmas dinner

Christmas on a budget: How to have turkey, stuffing and all the trimmings on the cheap

Union leaders vow to resist Tories’ ‘unworkable and undemocratic’ new anti-strike laws
Strikes

Union leaders vow to resist Tories’ ‘unworkable and undemocratic’ new anti-strike laws

Inside the Big Issue: Our Christmas Kids Cover Competition winner
Inside the magazine

Inside the Big Issue: Our Christmas Kids Cover Competition winner

DWP using AI to assess benefit and universal credit claims poses ‘significant risk’, experts warn
Benefits

DWP using AI to assess benefit and universal credit claims poses ‘significant risk’, experts warn

FoodCycle: The community meal where refugees, ex-prisoners and old friends break bread together
Cost of living crisis

FoodCycle: The community meal where refugees, ex-prisoners and old friends break bread together

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Disabled people are cancelling Christmas because they can’t afford it: ‘We can’t wait another winter’
Cost of living crisis

Disabled people are cancelling Christmas because they can’t afford it: ‘We can’t wait another winter’

UK’s economic stagnation has left households £4,300 poorer – but there’s a plan to fix it
Cost of living

UK’s economic stagnation has left households £4,300 poorer – but there’s a plan to fix it

‘We can’t stay here forever’: What’s it like spending Christmas inside a homeless hostel?
Homelessness

‘We can’t stay here forever’: What’s it like spending Christmas inside a homeless hostel?

‘Poverty is killing children’: How homeless families are fighting to survive this Christmas
Cost of living crisis

‘Poverty is killing children’: How homeless families are fighting to survive this Christmas