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Funeral poverty: What happens when you can’t afford to die?
Cost of living

Funeral poverty: What happens when you can’t afford to die?

As funeral costs stretch household finances to breaking point, the price of having one is increasingly beyond many people’s means 

Inside the Big Issue: Mr Skelly is feeling lucky
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Mr Skelly is feeling lucky

Christian Watson is known for his artistic alter ego Mr Skelly. “The grass is greener where you water it,” he tells us.

I was told I was ‘too young’ to have Parkinson’s when I applied for a Blue Badge
Joanne Robinson

I was told I was ‘too young’ to have Parkinson’s when I applied for a Blue Badge

Joanne Robinson was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at 50. When she applied for a Blue Badge, she was told she seemed “too young” to have the condition and her application was rejected

Majority of disabled people would like to exercise more but fear the DWP would cut their benefits
benefits

Majority of disabled people would like to exercise more but fear the DWP would cut their benefits

Inside the Big Issue: Prison Break
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Prison Break

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Disability campaigners criticise report proposing PIP cuts: ‘Very concerning’
Personal Independence Payment

Disability campaigners criticise report proposing PIP cuts: ‘Very concerning’

What Britain can learn from other countries about reducing drug deaths
Dr Kamalroop Singh

What Britain can learn from other countries about reducing drug deaths

Inside the Big Issue: The limitless Lenny Rush
Lenny Rush

Inside the Big Issue: The limitless Lenny Rush

Sir Alex Ferguson’s dementia playlist: ‘Music is one of the best things that can help’
Dementia

Sir Alex Ferguson’s dementia playlist: ‘Music is one of the best things that can help’

The government wants you to buy tinned food to prepare for a crisis. What if you can’t afford it?
Food

The government wants you to buy tinned food to prepare for a crisis. What if you can’t afford it?

‘A child’s life can be made easier by money arriving when it should’
Baroness Maeve Sherlock

‘A child’s life can be made easier by money arriving when it should’

Inside the Big Issue: KSI’s got talent
Behind the scenes

Inside the Big Issue: KSI’s got talent

Will you become an unpaid carer? Brits underestimate how many will care for a relative for free
Unpaid carers

Will you become an unpaid carer? Brits underestimate how many will care for a relative for free

Influencers are using smart glasses to film homeless people. It’s exploiting people for views
Technology

Influencers are using smart glasses to film homeless people. It’s exploiting people for views

Inside the Big Issue: Smart glasses on the streets
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Smart glasses on the streets

Why the music you love listening to right now could be a dementia lifeline in the future
Michael Timmons

Why the music you love listening to right now could be a dementia lifeline in the future

It has taken years to regulate bailiffs. Stopping intimidation is as important as recovering debt
Vikki Brownridge

It has taken years to regulate bailiffs. Stopping intimidation is as important as recovering debt

Labour is facing calls to means-test disability benefit PIP. Here’s why it would push up poverty
Disability benefits

Labour is facing calls to means-test disability benefit PIP. Here’s why it would push up poverty

My daughter collapsed and died before my eyes. I learned British Sign Language to process my grief
Grief

My daughter collapsed and died before my eyes. I learned British Sign Language to process my grief

More children will get free school meals this school year. Here’s what you need to know
Free school meals

More children will get free school meals this school year. Here’s what you need to know

What are Andy Burnham’s cost of living plans and what will they mean for you?
Cost of living

What are Andy Burnham’s cost of living plans and what will they mean for you?

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Timms Review recommends changes to ‘dehumanising’ PIP assessment process
Disability benefits

Timms Review recommends changes to ‘dehumanising’ PIP assessment process

British public don’t back cuts to disability benefits – even Reform and Tory voters
Disability benefits

British public don’t back cuts to disability benefits – even Reform and Tory voters

London’s walk-in homelessness services are closing. It’s driving homeless people to hospital instead
homelessness

London’s walk-in homelessness services are closing. It’s driving homeless people to hospital instead

The taskforce making music accessible for people with dementia: ‘It’s not all Vera Lynn’
Music

The taskforce making music accessible for people with dementia: ‘It’s not all Vera Lynn’