learning and employment
Why Labour’s VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers

Why Labour’s VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers
Disability benefit reforms and universal credit rise: All the DWP benefit changes to expect in 2025

Disability benefit reforms and universal credit rise: All the DWP benefit changes to expect in 2025
‘I have patients in pain waiting years’: Healthcare workers ‘cautious’ about Labour’s NHS plans

‘I have patients in pain waiting years’: Healthcare workers ‘cautious’ about Labour’s NHS plans
Letters: I’m a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen

Letters: I’m a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen
Labour must actually bring change in 2025 – and that means changing its approach to benefits

Labour must actually bring change in 2025 – and that means changing its approach to benefits
DWP’s bank account spying plan is an attack on the poor. It must be scrapped in 2025

DWP’s bank account spying plan is an attack on the poor. It must be scrapped in 2025
Modern slavery is still rife in the UK – where do we go from here?

Modern slavery is still rife in the UK – where do we go from here?
Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024

Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024
‘The world needs more kindness’: People with learning disabilities share their hopes for 2025

‘The world needs more kindness’: People with learning disabilities share their hopes for 2025
There’s no quick fix for single parent poverty but there is a clear first step – Labour must take it

There’s no quick fix for single parent poverty but there is a clear first step – Labour must take it
We all deserve more money. Let me prove why it’s time for universal basic income

We all deserve more money. Let me prove why it’s time for universal basic income
Becoming a Community Payback supervisor changed my life – and helped countless others

Becoming a Community Payback supervisor changed my life – and helped countless others
I should have spent school preparing for the future. Instead I spent it fighting to be included

I should have spent school preparing for the future. Instead I spent it fighting to be included
Christmas is a punishing time if you work in the NHS. It’s pushing staff to the edge
Christmas is a punishing time if you work in the NHS. It’s pushing staff to the edge
The dark side of Christmas: Inside the factories where children are forced to make gifts and toys

The dark side of Christmas: Inside the factories where children are forced to make gifts and toys
Can Christmas save Britain’s high streets? It’s complicated, experts say

Can Christmas save Britain’s high streets? It’s complicated, experts say
Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait

Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait
DWP wants to reform benefits to cut costs, not help disabled people into work, court hears
