Poverty

I’m turning 80. My birthday wish? Take the Big Issue when you buy
John Bird

I’m turning 80. My birthday wish? Take the Big Issue when you buy

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham’s Britain would look like
Politics

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham’s Britain would look like

This is why Big Issue is ripe for reinvention
John Bird

This is why Big Issue is ripe for reinvention

Johannes Radebe: ‘As long as my body will allow, I will do Strictly. That’s my sparkly, magical world’
Interview

Johannes Radebe: ‘As long as my body will allow, I will do Strictly. That’s my sparkly, magical world’

Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score
Credit

Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score

Pensioners are skipping showers and cutting back on food as millions face poverty
Joanna Elson

Pensioners are skipping showers and cutting back on food as millions face poverty

The curse of Oxford on our political life
John Bird

The curse of Oxford on our political life

How the groundbreaking Crisis and Resilience Fund can help end the need for food banks
Sabine Goodwin

How the groundbreaking Crisis and Resilience Fund can help end the need for food banks

Disability benefit claimants at risk of poverty because of ‘poor service’ from DWP, MPs warn
Poverty

Disability benefit claimants at risk of poverty because of ‘poor service’ from DWP, MPs warn

Big Issue founder renews calls for child poverty targets: ‘I am gifting the government a chance’
Child poverty

Big Issue founder renews calls for child poverty targets: ‘I am gifting the government a chance’

It’s a critical moment for millions of Brits living in fuel poverty in desperately cold homes this winter
Simon Francis

It’s a critical moment for millions of Brits living in fuel poverty in desperately cold homes this winter

How to survive the cold weather when you’re struggling to pay your bills
Cost of living

How to survive the cold weather when you’re struggling to pay your bills

The dehumanising narratives around benefits need to stop in 2026 – for all our sakes
Ruth Patrick

The dehumanising narratives around benefits need to stop in 2026 – for all our sakes

Energy bills to remain ‘stubbornly high’ in January: ‘Winter cruelly exposes the cost of a cold home’
Energy bills

Energy bills to remain ‘stubbornly high’ in January: ‘Winter cruelly exposes the cost of a cold home’

Gordon Brown: ‘This can’t go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable’
Exclusive

Gordon Brown: ‘This can’t go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable’

Labour’s child poverty strategy is a real step forward, but it can’t be the last word
Scott Compton

Labour’s child poverty strategy is a real step forward, but it can’t be the last word

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Labour’s £9.1bn inheritance tax raid is a missed opportunity to break the cycle of deprivation
Gavin Oldham

Labour’s £9.1bn inheritance tax raid is a missed opportunity to break the cycle of deprivation

UK asylum system delays and inefficiencies found to be ‘wasting public funds’ and ‘harming lives’
Asylum seekers

UK asylum system delays and inefficiencies found to be ‘wasting public funds’ and ‘harming lives’

Minister pressed on universal credit and child poverty targets as Labour reveals youth strategy
Young people

Minister pressed on universal credit and child poverty targets as Labour reveals youth strategy

Benefits stigma is booming. Here are the key myths around the system – debunked
Benefits

Benefits stigma is booming. Here are the key myths around the system – debunked