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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

Pay boost for millions as Labour raises minimum wage to £12.21 an hour – but is it enough?
Minimum wage

Pay boost for millions as Labour raises minimum wage to £12.21 an hour – but is it enough?

Labour raises minimum wage to £12.21 by April 2025. Here’s how it will impact workers

Pay rise for thousands of workers as Real Living Wage rises to £12.60 an hour – but is it enough?
real living wage

Pay rise for thousands of workers as Real Living Wage rises to £12.60 an hour – but is it enough?

The new real Living Wage rates are now worth more than £2,262 more per year in the UK than the legal minimum, and upwards of £4,700 more in London

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?

Job market ‘cooling’ to pre-pandemic levels, experts say, as unemployment slowly falls
Employment

Job market ‘cooling’ to pre-pandemic levels, experts say, as unemployment slowly falls

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We need new homes to have any hope of ending UK’s housing crisis. So where are all the builders?
HOUSING

We need new homes to have any hope of ending UK’s housing crisis. So where are all the builders?

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’

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

National living wage to rise to £11 an hour – but experts say it’s not enough
National living wage

National living wage to rise to £11 an hour – but experts say it’s not enough

State pension rise due to triple lock will be ‘wholly unfair’ on benefits claimants, charities warn
Pensions

State pension rise due to triple lock will be ‘wholly unfair’ on benefits claimants, charities warn

Is ‘greedflation’ behind your soaring grocery bills?
Inflation

Is ‘greedflation’ behind your soaring grocery bills?

Big Issue Group launches campaign demanding long-term solutions to protect future generations and break the cycle of poverty
Big Futures

Big Issue Group launches campaign demanding long-term solutions to protect future generations and break the cycle of poverty