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No, Gen Z aren’t lazy workers – they just don’t want your jobs
Rose Marley

No, Gen Z aren’t lazy workers – they just don’t want your jobs

DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: ‘What a failure’
Disability benefits

DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: ‘What a failure’

Uncertainty around disability benefit cuts is triggering bipolar symptoms, experts warn
Simon Kitchen

Uncertainty around disability benefit cuts is triggering bipolar symptoms, experts warn

DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as an ‘assault’ on the ‘disabled, sick and elderly’
Benefit fraud

DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as an ‘assault’ on the ‘disabled, sick and elderly’

Labour warned ‘one size doesn’t fit all’ over plan to ‘help’ neurodivergent people on benefits into work
Employment

Labour warned ‘one size doesn’t fit all’ over plan to ‘help’ neurodivergent people on benefits into work

Disabled Brits suffering ‘unacceptably poor’ treatment at hands of the DWP, damning report finds
Disability benefits

Disabled Brits suffering ‘unacceptably poor’ treatment at hands of the DWP, damning report finds

I live month to month, fighting to get out of debt – this is the reality of life on the breadline
Izzy

I live month to month, fighting to get out of debt – this is the reality of life on the breadline

Kids risk falling behind without digital skills. It’s never too early to get your tots tech-ready
Sean Morrow

Kids risk falling behind without digital skills. It’s never too early to get your tots tech-ready

Disability benefits such as PIP are actually good for the economy, economists say
Disability benefits

Disability benefits such as PIP are actually good for the economy, economists say

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Learning and employment
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Learning and employment

Bingo and karaoke with Barry from EastEnders: How the UK’s entertainment economy is changing
Entertainment

Bingo and karaoke with Barry from EastEnders: How the UK’s entertainment economy is changing

DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as ‘one of the biggest assaults on welfare in a generation’
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as ‘one of the biggest assaults on welfare in a generation’

DWP benefit payment dates in February 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year
Benefits

DWP benefit payment dates in February 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year

I’m made to feel like a burden for claiming benefits from the DWP. It’s not a way of life – it’s torture
Karen

I’m made to feel like a burden for claiming benefits from the DWP. It’s not a way of life – it’s torture

Working from home isn’t ‘proper work’, ex-Asda boss says. Is flexible work really destroying Britain?
Work from home

Working from home isn’t ‘proper work’, ex-Asda boss says. Is flexible work really destroying Britain?

Children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation
Reading

Children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation

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Wages outside of London and South East are worse now than in 2008 – can Labour turn things around?
Andrew Carter

Wages outside of London and South East are worse now than in 2008 – can Labour turn things around?

London workers earn in 8 months what Burnley workers do in a year. It’s hurting UK growth
Wages

London workers earn in 8 months what Burnley workers do in a year. It’s hurting UK growth

Stigma faced by benefit claimants is baseless. It’s like Donald Trump saying immigrants eat pets
Kate Anderson

Stigma faced by benefit claimants is baseless. It’s like Donald Trump saying immigrants eat pets

DWP’s ‘misleading and unfair’ consultation on disability benefit reforms unlawful, High Court rules
Disability benefits

DWP’s ‘misleading and unfair’ consultation on disability benefit reforms unlawful, High Court rules