Poverty

Food banks are being forced to ration supplies. We can’t sustain this level of poverty for much longer
Sabine Goodwin

Food banks are being forced to ration supplies. We can’t sustain this level of poverty for much longer

Real Living Wage rises to £12 an hour amid crippling cost of living crisis
Living wage

Real Living Wage rises to £12 an hour amid crippling cost of living crisis

Young woman estranged from family recalls fight for survival amid cost of living crisis: ‘I was scared’
Cost of living crisis

Young woman estranged from family recalls fight for survival amid cost of living crisis: ‘I was scared’

Tory by-election candidate blasted over post telling jobless, struggling parents to ‘f**k off’
Conservative Party

Tory by-election candidate blasted over post telling jobless, struggling parents to ‘f**k off’

Food banks brace for ‘worst winter yet’ as record numbers need help amid cost of living crisis
Food banks

Food banks brace for ‘worst winter yet’ as record numbers need help amid cost of living crisis

Disabled people twice as likely to face debt amid cost of living crisis: ‘The system is broken’
Cost of living crisis

Disabled people twice as likely to face debt amid cost of living crisis: ‘The system is broken’

UK is on brink of a mass homelessness crisis. Government must act now – before it’s too late
World Homeless Day

UK is on brink of a mass homelessness crisis. Government must act now – before it’s too late

Tories and Labour need to stop slinging mud and urgently commit to a new Ministry of Poverty
John Bird

Tories and Labour need to stop slinging mud and urgently commit to a new Ministry of Poverty

Households could be paid to turn down their heating amid surging energy bills
Energy bills

Households could be paid to turn down their heating amid surging energy bills

Artist Sarah Lucas on tits, making something out of nothing and ‘living in quite terrible times’
Art

Artist Sarah Lucas on tits, making something out of nothing and ‘living in quite terrible times’

Power Up London: Big Issue Invest opens applications for new investment programme
Big Issue Invest

Power Up London: Big Issue Invest opens applications for new investment programme

Historian David Olusoga explains why breakdown of social mobility is one of UK’s biggest issues
Social mobility

Historian David Olusoga explains why breakdown of social mobility is one of UK’s biggest issues

Tories will fail to end rough sleeping by 2024, experts warn, breaking manifesto pledge
Homelessness

Tories will fail to end rough sleeping by 2024, experts warn, breaking manifesto pledge

Shoppers are being forced to show receipts before leaving the store amid cost of living crisis
Shopping

Shoppers are being forced to show receipts before leaving the store amid cost of living crisis

Disabled people are suffering as a result of government neglect. It’s time we united for justice
Disability Rights UK

Disabled people are suffering as a result of government neglect. It’s time we united for justice

Cost of living crisis sparks troubling rise in malnutrition and return of ‘Victorian’ diseases
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living crisis sparks troubling rise in malnutrition and return of ‘Victorian’ diseases

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Applications open for Big Issue Invest’s fourth Social Impact Investment Fund
Big Issue Invest

Applications open for Big Issue Invest’s fourth Social Impact Investment Fund

Would you prosecute a child for stealing baby formula? Shoplifting’s rise amid cost of living crisis
Cost of Living Crisis

Would you prosecute a child for stealing baby formula? Shoplifting’s rise amid cost of living crisis

Pension triple lock: What is it and how does it affect me?
Pensions

Pension triple lock: What is it and how does it affect me?

Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme as food prices soar and parents struggle to feed kids
Cost of Living

Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme as food prices soar and parents struggle to feed kids