Money

Applying for a budgeting loan: Everything you need to know
benefits

Applying for a budgeting loan: Everything you need to know

Need help with urgent expenses? If you claim benefits you could apply for a budgeting loan to cover essentials like work uniforms and travel

A penny off pints and higher wages: What Rachel Reeves’ budget means for you and your bank account
Autumn budget

A penny off pints and higher wages: What Rachel Reeves’ budget means for you and your bank account

From inheritance tax, through to carers, smokers, and pint-drinkers, Big Issue has been through the detail to tell you exactly what Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget will mean for you

DWP benefit payment dates in November 2024 – including possible changes in autumn budget
Benefits

DWP benefit payment dates in November 2024 – including possible changes in autumn budget

Here’s everything you need to know about the benefits and cost of living payments to expect from the DWP in November 2024

34 places where kids can eat free or for £1 during the October half term
Cost of living crisis

34 places where kids can eat free or for £1 during the October half term

How to live your best student life without breaking the bank. No, seriously
Student Life 2024

How to live your best student life without breaking the bank. No, seriously

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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

We need urgent action to protect next generation from ‘inescapable’ gambling – now
Zoe Osmond

We need urgent action to protect next generation from ‘inescapable’ gambling – now

Home Office overspent on asylum by billions. Here’s how that money could’ve been used
A Modest Proposal

Home Office overspent on asylum by billions. Here’s how that money could’ve been used

Outcry after water companies say they can’t fix the sewage crisis without hiking bills: ‘Insulting’
Water bills

Outcry after water companies say they can’t fix the sewage crisis without hiking bills: ‘Insulting’

This is what happens if a university goes bust
Universities

This is what happens if a university goes bust

How to get pension credit and ensure you get the winter fuel payment in 2024
Pensions

How to get pension credit and ensure you get the winter fuel payment in 2024

Interest rates have been cut for the first time in more than four years. What does it mean for you?
Bank of England

Interest rates have been cut for the first time in more than four years. What does it mean for you?

What does Britain’s £20bn ‘black hole’ mean for you and your money? Experts explain
Public finances

What does Britain’s £20bn ‘black hole’ mean for you and your money? Experts explain

Free and cheap things to do with the kids over the 2024 summer holidays
Cost of living

Free and cheap things to do with the kids over the 2024 summer holidays

“When I hear Rachel Reeves say, ‘there isn’t any money’… we’re not morons. There is money. Take it. Mint it.” Rob Delaney on finding perspective in politics
Press Release

“When I hear Rachel Reeves say, ‘there isn’t any money’… we’re not morons. There is money. Take it. Mint it.” Rob Delaney on finding perspective in politics

‘It’s a scandal’: Outcry from Brits to nationalise water companies as bills set to rise – again
Water

‘It’s a scandal’: Outcry from Brits to nationalise water companies as bills set to rise – again

July 2024 DWP payment dates for benefits and pensions
Benefits

July 2024 DWP payment dates for benefits and pensions

June 2024 payment dates for DWP benefits – plus universal credit increase
Benefits

June 2024 payment dates for DWP benefits – plus universal credit increase

DWP universal credit increase 2024 – everything benefit claimants need to know
Universal credit

DWP universal credit increase 2024 – everything benefit claimants need to know

Universal credit claimants lose more than £1bn a year to ‘automatic DWP deductions’
Department for Work and Pensions

Universal credit claimants lose more than £1bn a year to ‘automatic DWP deductions’

DWP snooping on benefit claimants’ bank accounts will ‘decimate civil liberties’, campaigners warn
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP snooping on benefit claimants’ bank accounts will ‘decimate civil liberties’, campaigners warn

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‘Don’t try to be Richard Branson’: TV pawnbroker Dan Hatfield shares top tips for making money
Money advice

‘Don’t try to be Richard Branson’: TV pawnbroker Dan Hatfield shares top tips for making money

DWP payment dates for benefits and pensions in May 2024 – and how to know if you’re eligible
Benefits

DWP payment dates for benefits and pensions in May 2024 – and how to know if you’re eligible

Here’s what happened when 1,000 smartphones and tablets were given to homeless people
Digital inclusion

Here’s what happened when 1,000 smartphones and tablets were given to homeless people

DWP could violate human rights with plan to snoop on benefit claimants’ bank accounts
Benefits

DWP could violate human rights with plan to snoop on benefit claimants’ bank accounts