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LGBTQ+ inclusion doesn’t just benefit certain Brits – it helps all of us
Dominic Arnall

LGBTQ+ inclusion doesn’t just benefit certain Brits – it helps all of us

‘The perception of the UK as an inclusive and welcoming place is crucial to our ability to maintain financial stability’

Migrant care worker left homeless after being ‘exploited’ UK employer: ‘It’s a national scandal’
Immigration

Migrant care worker left homeless after being ‘exploited’ UK employer: ‘It’s a national scandal’

More than 39,000 migrant care workers have become victims of exploitative employers since 2020. Organisations, charities and lawyers have written to the Home Office to demand better protections

Wardens get to work tidying e-scooters in Nottingham – with help from Big Issue Recruit
Big Issue Recruit

Wardens get to work tidying e-scooters in Nottingham – with help from Big Issue Recruit

Big Issue Recruit will provide four candidates, people who face barriers to work, to act as wardens for the city’s e-scooter scheme

‘Much more stressful’: Women less likely than men to have an ‘appropriate’ work at home space
Work at home

‘Much more stressful’: Women less likely than men to have an ‘appropriate’ work at home space

Music in schools delivers an essential pathway out of poverty – here’s how
Polly Stepan

Music in schools delivers an essential pathway out of poverty – here’s how

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We’re the first people modern slavery victims speak to when getting help. Their stories are shocking
Modern slavery

We’re the first people modern slavery victims speak to when getting help. Their stories are shocking

I was a migrant working in a warehouse. Then I got a role in a film about doing exactly that
Film

I was a migrant working in a warehouse. Then I got a role in a film about doing exactly that

Don’t justify spending cuts with ‘overinflated’ promises on AI, Labour told: ‘AI isn’t perfect’
Artificial Intelligence

Don’t justify spending cuts with ‘overinflated’ promises on AI, Labour told: ‘AI isn’t perfect’

Meet the ex-Big Issue vendor who went from homelessness to giving Prince William a tour of Aberdeen
Homelessness

Meet the ex-Big Issue vendor who went from homelessness to giving Prince William a tour of Aberdeen

World War II made America great. Trump’s trade war could finally be its undoing
John Bird

World War II made America great. Trump’s trade war could finally be its undoing

Scottish whisky and salmon exporters brace for ‘significant hit’ from Trump’s tariff war
Tariffs

Scottish whisky and salmon exporters brace for ‘significant hit’ from Trump’s tariff war

This is how Donald Trump’s tariff war could affect your bin collection
Paul McNamee

This is how Donald Trump’s tariff war could affect your bin collection

‘People are sick and traumatised’: How Germany’s wealth inequality led to far-right surge, explained
Germany

‘People are sick and traumatised’: How Germany’s wealth inequality led to far-right surge, explained

Adolescence forced the country to sit up and take notice. But what’s next?
Matteo Bergamini

Adolescence forced the country to sit up and take notice. But what’s next?

British Steel could be nationalised. Here’s what that means for workers and the country
Steel

British Steel could be nationalised. Here’s what that means for workers and the country

Why working as a butcher’s boy made me feel like an earlier version of AI
John Bird

Why working as a butcher’s boy made me feel like an earlier version of AI

Will Trump send us into a global recession? Potentially, say experts – but austerity not the answer
Global Recession

Will Trump send us into a global recession? Potentially, say experts – but austerity not the answer

I’m a survivor of modern slavery – this is the shocking way I was treated by the UK government
Rosemarie

I’m a survivor of modern slavery – this is the shocking way I was treated by the UK government

These are the UK regions set to be hit hardest by Trump’s tariffs
Donald Trump

These are the UK regions set to be hit hardest by Trump’s tariffs

More than half a million young Brits not in work, training or education have never had a paid job
Employment

More than half a million young Brits not in work, training or education have never had a paid job

Sex work is ‘just another option in London’s gig economy’, says Sebastian filmmaker Mikko Mäkelä
Film

Sex work is ‘just another option in London’s gig economy’, says Sebastian filmmaker Mikko Mäkelä

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Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs will unleash a ‘world of pain’ on ordinary people, experts warn
Donald Trump

Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs will unleash a ‘world of pain’ on ordinary people, experts warn

‘Time for radical thinking’: What’s the bigger picture behind Reeves’ dramatic benefit cuts?
Spring statement

‘Time for radical thinking’: What’s the bigger picture behind Reeves’ dramatic benefit cuts?

More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here’s how to get them back in class
Martin Hodge

More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here’s how to get them back in class

Social opportunity should take the place of social security 
John Bird

Social opportunity should take the place of social security