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Student Life 2024: Get your free student guide in this week’s Big Issue
Student Life 2024

Student Life 2024: Get your free student guide in this week’s Big Issue

Invaluable tips for for students and freshers on spending and saving as the university year gets underway

Pensioners in need risk missing out on winter fuel payment and benefits worth £3,900
Pension Credit

Pensioners in need risk missing out on winter fuel payment and benefits worth £3,900

A staggering 880,000 eligible pensioners are eligible for pension credit but aren’t claiming, losing nearly £4,000 per year

Inside the Big Issue: Tom Grennan is here to help
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Tom Grennan is here to help

From conspiracies to deepfakes: Why fake news and misinformation is inevitable in the digital age
James Ball

From conspiracies to deepfakes: Why fake news and misinformation is inevitable in the digital age

These interest-free loans have a twist: Pay off on time and you might get money back
Loans

These interest-free loans have a twist: Pay off on time and you might get money back

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Gail Porter on going from TV star to homeless and the power of having your own washing machine
Furniture poverty

Gail Porter on going from TV star to homeless and the power of having your own washing machine

AI skills will soon be as necessary for job seekers as Microsoft Word. Who will be left behind?
Artificial Intelligence

AI skills will soon be as necessary for job seekers as Microsoft Word. Who will be left behind?

Dear pensioners worried about winter fuel payment cuts: You are not alone this winter
Jessica Taplin

Dear pensioners worried about winter fuel payment cuts: You are not alone this winter

We need urgent action to protect next generation from ‘inescapable’ gambling – now
Zoe Osmond

We need urgent action to protect next generation from ‘inescapable’ gambling – now

Red Rooms director Pascal Plante on empathy, digital horror and why we’re all way too online
Film

Red Rooms director Pascal Plante on empathy, digital horror and why we’re all way too online

Scam victims will get guaranteed refunds from banks under new scheme – but it comes with a warning
Fraud

Scam victims will get guaranteed refunds from banks under new scheme – but it comes with a warning

Why we should rename artificial intelligence to ‘unnatural intelligence’
John Bird

Why we should rename artificial intelligence to ‘unnatural intelligence’

UK’s tax system lets the wealthy off the hook, report finds – and traps Northerners in inequality
Taxes

UK’s tax system lets the wealthy off the hook, report finds – and traps Northerners in inequality

How to get pension credit and ensure you get the winter fuel payment in 2024
Pensions

How to get pension credit and ensure you get the winter fuel payment in 2024

How the crisis of affordable credit is endangering the UK’s most vulnerable
Virraj Jatania

How the crisis of affordable credit is endangering the UK’s most vulnerable

Buy Now Pay Later must be regulated – before it pushes even more vulnerable people into debt
Vikki Brownridge

Buy Now Pay Later must be regulated – before it pushes even more vulnerable people into debt

More than 1.5 million children affected by ‘problem gambling’, report finds: ‘It can affect anyone’
Problem gambling

More than 1.5 million children affected by ‘problem gambling’, report finds: ‘It can affect anyone’

Tony Blair thinks the DWP could be automated by AI. Here’s why that’s so dangerous
Susannah Copson

Tony Blair thinks the DWP could be automated by AI. Here’s why that’s so dangerous

DWP cuts off benefits for 280,000 people over universal credit change: ‘This is extremely worrying’
Benefits

DWP cuts off benefits for 280,000 people over universal credit change: ‘This is extremely worrying’

Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together
UK riots

Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together

Interest rates have been cut for the first time in more than four years. What does it mean for you?
Bank of England

Interest rates have been cut for the first time in more than four years. What does it mean for you?

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Winter fuel payments restricted to pensioners on certain benefits
Benefits

Winter fuel payments restricted to pensioners on certain benefits

I took out loans and maxed out credit cards to fund my gambling addiction. I ended up homeless
Gambling

I took out loans and maxed out credit cards to fund my gambling addiction. I ended up homeless

How can we solve the UK’s debt problem?
Vikki Brownridge

How can we solve the UK’s debt problem?

Homeless people face being locked out of public toilets due to card-only payments
Public toilets

Homeless people face being locked out of public toilets due to card-only payments