Mental Health

DWP wants to send job coaches into mental health hospitals. Here’s why it’s a ‘dangerous’ idea
Employment

DWP wants to send job coaches into mental health hospitals. Here’s why it’s a ‘dangerous’ idea

I ended up in hospital due to lack of legal aid for my asylum claim – I got physically sick
Social Justice

I ended up in hospital due to lack of legal aid for my asylum claim – I got physically sick

More than 1,400 people died while homeless in the UK in 2023: ‘People are dying at terrifying rates’
Homelessness

More than 1,400 people died while homeless in the UK in 2023: ‘People are dying at terrifying rates’

Hunger and broken shoes: Why we need a more compassionate approach to council tax debt collection
Emily Whitford

Hunger and broken shoes: Why we need a more compassionate approach to council tax debt collection

Mental health impact of debt and cost of living must stop being overlooked
Julie Bentley

Mental health impact of debt and cost of living must stop being overlooked

Author Matt Haig: ‘I was a teenage shoplifter. In my foolish brain I was a kind of Robin Hood’
Letter To My Younger Self

Author Matt Haig: ‘I was a teenage shoplifter. In my foolish brain I was a kind of Robin Hood’

Starmer and Streeting have talked the talk on mental health support – now they must walk the walk
Oliver Chantler

Starmer and Streeting have talked the talk on mental health support – now they must walk the walk

Joker: Folie à Deux says nothing meaningful about living with mental illness
Film

Joker: Folie à Deux says nothing meaningful about living with mental illness

100 students die by suicide at university each year. These parents are fighting to change that
Mental health

100 students die by suicide at university each year. These parents are fighting to change that

My family has waited five years for an asylum decision. Here’s how it strips your dignity
Miguel

My family has waited five years for an asylum decision. Here’s how it strips your dignity

Hundreds of thousands of universal credit claimants forced into destitution by DWP ‘deductions’
Universal credit

Hundreds of thousands of universal credit claimants forced into destitution by DWP ‘deductions’

Student Life 2024: Get your free student guide in this week’s Big Issue
Student Life 2024

Student Life 2024: Get your free student guide in this week’s Big Issue

Tom Grennan on wake-up call after finding himself in a ‘bad place’: ‘I was doing all sorts of s**t’
Tom Grennan

Tom Grennan on wake-up call after finding himself in a ‘bad place’: ‘I was doing all sorts of s**t’

‘I came here for safety and I’ve come into danger’: The grim reality of life in asylum hotels for women
Asylum seekers

‘I came here for safety and I’ve come into danger’: The grim reality of life in asylum hotels for women

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

Starmer wants a ‘dramatic reimagining’ of the NHS. What does that mean for you?
NHS

Starmer wants a ‘dramatic reimagining’ of the NHS. What does that mean for you?

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Cost of living crisis is over? Try telling that to millions of Brits struggling to feed their kids
Lynn Perry

Cost of living crisis is over? Try telling that to millions of Brits struggling to feed their kids

Martin Lewis blasts councils putting vulnerable people at risk with aggressive debt collection
Debt

Martin Lewis blasts councils putting vulnerable people at risk with aggressive debt collection

Why the natural human failure of imagination stops us from relieving children’s suffering
Helen Minnis

Why the natural human failure of imagination stops us from relieving children’s suffering

Children in poverty most likely to be excluded from school, study finds: ‘A crisis of lost learning’
Education

Children in poverty most likely to be excluded from school, study finds: ‘A crisis of lost learning’