Employment

How Big Issue Recruit helped more than 100 marginalised people overcome barriers to work
Big Issue Recruit

How Big Issue Recruit helped more than 100 marginalised people overcome barriers to work

I was on benefits and struggling to support my family. Here’s how I turned my life around
Byron O'Connor

I was on benefits and struggling to support my family. Here’s how I turned my life around

How traditional crafts like clog making and sign-writing are providing an alternative to the 9 to 5
Alternative careers

How traditional crafts like clog making and sign-writing are providing an alternative to the 9 to 5

DWP faces ‘crisis’ as staff driven to ‘depression’ and ‘sickness’ amid mounting pressure
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP faces ‘crisis’ as staff driven to ‘depression’ and ‘sickness’ amid mounting pressure

I always loved translating for my family. Big Issue Recruit helped me land my ‘dream job’
Big Issue Recruit

I always loved translating for my family. Big Issue Recruit helped me land my ‘dream job’

‘We need protection’: How AI, algorithms and oppressive digital tech are pushing workers to the brink
Worker's rights

‘We need protection’: How AI, algorithms and oppressive digital tech are pushing workers to the brink

From prison to cakes: The bakery changing the lives of London’s most disadvantaged women
Barriers to work

From prison to cakes: The bakery changing the lives of London’s most disadvantaged women

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

Single mum on universal credit feels ‘penalised’ because she can’t find work around childcare
Childcare

Single mum on universal credit feels ‘penalised’ because she can’t find work around childcare

Government’s new welfare reforms could cause ‘huge anxiety for disabled people’
Disability benefits

Government’s new welfare reforms could cause ‘huge anxiety for disabled people’

Two years after fleeing the Taliban, these Afghan evacuees are rebuilding their careers
Refugees

Two years after fleeing the Taliban, these Afghan evacuees are rebuilding their careers

Afghan refugees: ‘I built homes for the UK government, now I’m facing homelessness in Britain’
Resettlement

Afghan refugees: ‘I built homes for the UK government, now I’m facing homelessness in Britain’

Refugees are twice as likely to be unemployed. A new scheme in Coventry might have answers
Employment

Refugees are twice as likely to be unemployed. A new scheme in Coventry might have answers

This Strictly Come Dancing super-fan has big dreams and wants to bust myths about Down’s syndrome
Learning Disability Week

This Strictly Come Dancing super-fan has big dreams and wants to bust myths about Down’s syndrome

‘Sun and heat are not always good news’: How the role of British weather presenters is changing with the climate
Climate change

‘Sun and heat are not always good news’: How the role of British weather presenters is changing with the climate

How to separate who you are from what you do
Simone Stolzoff

How to separate who you are from what you do

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Up to 250,000 ‘forgotten’ unpaid young adult carers facing homelessness
Carers

Up to 250,000 ‘forgotten’ unpaid young adult carers facing homelessness

More people are off work sick than ever before
Employment

More people are off work sick than ever before

Teachers strike: ‘We walk out not just for pay, but for our most vulnerable pupils’
Nadeine Asbali

Teachers strike: ‘We walk out not just for pay, but for our most vulnerable pupils’

End Friday releases for prisoners so they can access housing and health services, Big Issue founder tells Lords
Criminal justice system

End Friday releases for prisoners so they can access housing and health services, Big Issue founder tells Lords