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What to expect from Labour’s plans for workers’ rights – and why the ‘devil will be in the detail’
Employment Rights Bill

What to expect from Labour’s plans for workers’ rights – and why the ‘devil will be in the detail’

This factory once made every single Rolo in the world. Its decline is a warning for UK’s leaders
Industry

This factory once made every single Rolo in the world. Its decline is a warning for UK’s leaders

The ‘right to switch off’ law will be a litmus test for Labour’s plans for workers’ rights
Jack Kellam

The ‘right to switch off’ law will be a litmus test for Labour’s plans for workers’ rights

Could banning cars turn London’s Oxford Street from ‘hell’ into paradise?
London

Could banning cars turn London’s Oxford Street from ‘hell’ into paradise?

Get ready for the next Great Resignation as workers say they’re burned out and yearning for joy
Work

Get ready for the next Great Resignation as workers say they’re burned out and yearning for joy

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?

Rise in young people not in work or education could fill Man Utd’s Old Trafford stadium
Jamie Masraff

Rise in young people not in work or education could fill Man Utd’s Old Trafford stadium

Tube and train strikes: Disruption for rail passengers as London Underground strike called off
Rail strikes

Tube and train strikes: Disruption for rail passengers as London Underground strike called off

I was a drunk and homeless at 19. Volunteering helped me get my life back
Volunteering

I was a drunk and homeless at 19. Volunteering helped me get my life back

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

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

AI may be coming for your job – but there is hope, experts insist: ‘We have a choice’
Artificial Intelligence

AI may be coming for your job – but there is hope, experts insist: ‘We have a choice’

Arsenal ‘starboy’ Bukayo Saka on playing football, beating trolls and offering a hand up
Interview

Arsenal ‘starboy’ Bukayo Saka on playing football, beating trolls and offering a hand up

‘The juggle is real’: Single parents, childcare and how Big Issue Recruit can help
Big Issue Recruit

‘The juggle is real’: Single parents, childcare and how Big Issue Recruit can help

‘We need the freedom to travel’: Disabled people fear train ticket office closures will leave them stranded
Disability rights

‘We need the freedom to travel’: Disabled people fear train ticket office closures will leave them stranded

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The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Employment
Changemakers 2023

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Employment

Hospitality job vacancies ‘nosedive’ as Omicron causes Christmas party cancellations
Employment

Hospitality job vacancies ‘nosedive’ as Omicron causes Christmas party cancellations

The Great Resignation? Record numbers of workers are switching jobs but vacancies rise again
Employment

The Great Resignation? Record numbers of workers are switching jobs but vacancies rise again