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Baroness Floella Benjamin on being Black on TV, Play School and giving hope to children in poverty
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Baroness Floella Benjamin on being Black on TV, Play School and giving hope to children in poverty

Beat the Streets music festival funds new homes for rough sleepers: ‘If we could do more, we would’
Homelessness

Beat the Streets music festival funds new homes for rough sleepers: ‘If we could do more, we would’

Energy bills are set to fall but UK families have already lost £72bn to ‘staggering’ prices
Energy bills

Energy bills are set to fall but UK families have already lost £72bn to ‘staggering’ prices

Poverty costs the UK billions each year. Politicians must commit to ending it this general election
General election 2024

Poverty costs the UK billions each year. Politicians must commit to ending it this general election

Cost of living crisis drives 3 million cash-strapped Brits to ‘dangerous’ loan sharks, study finds
Loan sharks

Cost of living crisis drives 3 million cash-strapped Brits to ‘dangerous’ loan sharks, study finds

Scotland needs real-time rough sleeping count to save lives
homelessness

Scotland needs real-time rough sleeping count to save lives

‘More bad news for renters’: Rental crisis continues with steep rent rises despite inflation falling
RENTING

‘More bad news for renters’: Rental crisis continues with steep rent rises despite inflation falling

Labour promises wave of new towns if elected. But will they make a dent in UK’s housing crisis?
Housing

Labour promises wave of new towns if elected. But will they make a dent in UK’s housing crisis?

Archbishop of Canterbury joins growing calls for end to ‘cruel’ and ‘immoral’ two-child benefit cap
Two-child benefit cap

Archbishop of Canterbury joins growing calls for end to ‘cruel’ and ‘immoral’ two-child benefit cap

‘Each brush tells a story of hope’: Homeless artist hosts exhibition to help himself off the streets
Homelessness

‘Each brush tells a story of hope’: Homeless artist hosts exhibition to help himself off the streets

Almost no recorded cases of disability benefit fraud despite DWP crackdown: ‘PIP fraud is a non-issue’
Disability benefits

Almost no recorded cases of disability benefit fraud despite DWP crackdown: ‘PIP fraud is a non-issue’

Over 90,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them
RENTING

Over 90,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them

‘We’re at breaking point’: Food banks see record number of first-time users as demand soars
Food banks

‘We’re at breaking point’: Food banks see record number of first-time users as demand soars

DWP sparks outcry with plan to hire 2,500 ‘agents’ to investigate universal credit claimants
Benefit fraud

DWP sparks outcry with plan to hire 2,500 ‘agents’ to investigate universal credit claimants

“I knew I was miserable but to say I’d rather be dead? It hurts me that my younger self didn’t see a future.” Actor Liz Carr’s lightbulb moment that changed her life
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“I knew I was miserable but to say I’d rather be dead? It hurts me that my younger self didn’t see a future.” Actor Liz Carr’s lightbulb moment that changed her life

Big Issue Group supporting 10% more people to earn and work as UK poverty crisis deepens
Press Release

Big Issue Group supporting 10% more people to earn and work as UK poverty crisis deepens

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Even Suella Braverman wants to end the two-child benefit cap. Why is Labour refusing to budge?
Child poverty

Even Suella Braverman wants to end the two-child benefit cap. Why is Labour refusing to budge?

Actor Liz Carr says it hurts to hear her younger self ‘wanted to die’
Disability rights

Actor Liz Carr says it hurts to hear her younger self ‘wanted to die’

Call for MPs to support new Ukraine-style visa scheme for Palestinians trapped in Gaza
Israel-Gaza war

Call for MPs to support new Ukraine-style visa scheme for Palestinians trapped in Gaza

‘We’re needed more than ever’: Big Issue’s work has helped millions affected by poverty in last year
Big Issue Group

‘We’re needed more than ever’: Big Issue’s work has helped millions affected by poverty in last year