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Long-term sickness cannot be fixed by tightening ‘harsh’ disability benefits system, experts warn
Benefits

Long-term sickness cannot be fixed by tightening ‘harsh’ disability benefits system, experts warn

No-fault evictions put households at risk of homelessness over 80,000 times since Tory ban pledge
RENTING

No-fault evictions put households at risk of homelessness over 80,000 times since Tory ban pledge

‘It’s unforgivable’: Michael Gove served ‘eviction notice’ by protesters over rising homelessness
Homelessness

‘It’s unforgivable’: Michael Gove served ‘eviction notice’ by protesters over rising homelessness

Criminal Justice Bill: Plan to criminalise rough sleeping will ‘punish people with nowhere to go’
Rough sleeping

Criminal Justice Bill: Plan to criminalise rough sleeping will ‘punish people with nowhere to go’

DWP should keep targeting benefit fraud gangs – not disabled people and carers, campaigners say
Benefit fraud

DWP should keep targeting benefit fraud gangs – not disabled people and carers, campaigners say

Sure Start centres helped poorer children do better at GCSEs – before being decimated by Tories
Education

Sure Start centres helped poorer children do better at GCSEs – before being decimated by Tories

Living in Fitness Receives £55,000 Investment from Growth Impact Fund to Enhance Well-being for Older Adults
Big Issue Invest

Living in Fitness Receives £55,000 Investment from Growth Impact Fund to Enhance Well-being for Older Adults

‘Fund the NHS properly’: Private sector is not the answer, Wes Streeting told, amid funding row
Health

‘Fund the NHS properly’: Private sector is not the answer, Wes Streeting told, amid funding row

“I’m a very Northern man”: Zayn on Bradford roots and forging his own path in Big Issue exclusive
Press Release

“I’m a very Northern man”: Zayn on Bradford roots and forging his own path in Big Issue exclusive

Rent will rise faster than wages for years, think tank warns: ‘Nowhere to hide from housing crisis’
RENTING

Rent will rise faster than wages for years, think tank warns: ‘Nowhere to hide from housing crisis’

Inside the Big Issue: Zayn Malik on his return to music, Bradford and making positive change
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Zayn Malik on his return to music, Bradford and making positive change

Government must fix council tax benefits, charity says, as millions pushed into debt
Benefits

Government must fix council tax benefits, charity says, as millions pushed into debt

DWP shamed over ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap as millions trapped in poverty: ‘Scrap this sibling tax’
Benefits

DWP shamed over ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap as millions trapped in poverty: ‘Scrap this sibling tax’

Unlock billions in private investment to help fight poverty, next UK government told
Big Issue Invest

Unlock billions in private investment to help fight poverty, next UK government told

Sadiq Khan promises 6,000 rent control homes for London key workers: ‘I’ll be a renters’ champion’
Housing

Sadiq Khan promises 6,000 rent control homes for London key workers: ‘I’ll be a renters’ champion’

Single mum with arthritis faces homelessness after ‘absolutely disgusting’ no-fault eviction
Renting

Single mum with arthritis faces homelessness after ‘absolutely disgusting’ no-fault eviction

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‘A national scandal’: Shocking number of kids living in dangerously mouldy homes, social workers say
Cost of living crisis

‘A national scandal’: Shocking number of kids living in dangerously mouldy homes, social workers say

DWP recruiting ‘covert surveillance officers’ to snoop on benefit claimants: ‘I fear for the future’
Benefits

DWP recruiting ‘covert surveillance officers’ to snoop on benefit claimants: ‘I fear for the future’

‘Time for a new deal’: UK’s new minimum wage still not enough to cover ‘a decent standard of life’
Minimum wage

‘Time for a new deal’: UK’s new minimum wage still not enough to cover ‘a decent standard of life’

‘People should not be arrested if they smell’: Sunak facing revolt over plan to criminalise homelessness
Homelessness

‘People should not be arrested if they smell’: Sunak facing revolt over plan to criminalise homelessness