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Why Labour’s VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers
Education

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
Department for Work and Pensions

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
NHS

‘I have patients in pain waiting years’: Healthcare workers ‘cautious’ about Labour’s NHS plans

ESA benefit: Everything you need to know
benefits

ESA benefit: Everything you need to know

Child tax credit: Do you qualify?
benefits

Child tax credit: Do you qualify?

Letters: I’m a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen
Letters

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
Ruth Patrick

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
Susannah Copson

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?
Helen Ball

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
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
Tommy Jessop, Aaron Plummer and Sas Granville

‘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
Ruth Talbot

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
Zack Polanski

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
Rehabilitation

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
Olive Watt

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
Claire Goodwin-Fee

Christmas is a punishing time if you work in the NHS. It’s pushing staff to the edge

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The dark side of Christmas: Inside the factories where children are forced to make gifts and toys
Workers' rights

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
High Street

Can Christmas save Britain’s high streets? It’s complicated, experts say

Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait
Benefits

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
Disability benefits

DWP wants to reform benefits to cut costs, not help disabled people into work, court hears