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Sex workers ‘trapped’ in prostitution by ‘unjust’ police cautions: ‘It stopped me from having a career’
Criminal justice

Sex workers ‘trapped’ in prostitution by ‘unjust’ police cautions: ‘It stopped me from having a career’

Sex workers are being punished for doing what they need to in order to survive, campaigners argue

Migrant workers are holding Britain together – but we’re still treated like we don’t belong
Munya Radzi

Migrant workers are holding Britain together – but we’re still treated like we don’t belong

The message from the government to migrant workers is chilling: you can be used, but not supported

Delivery bikes outside hotels prove only one thing: The ban on work for asylum seekers must be lifted
Nathan Philips

Delivery bikes outside hotels prove only one thing: The ban on work for asylum seekers must be lifted

Lifting the ban on work for asylum seekers is simple common sense, argues Nathan Phillips of Asylum Matters

Benefit cuts are not a ‘pathway to work’ – they risk making people homeless
Emma Haddad

Benefit cuts are not a ‘pathway to work’ – they risk making people homeless

If Labour really wants to protect women, it must restore domestic workers’ rights
Marissa Begonia

If Labour really wants to protect women, it must restore domestic workers’ rights

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‘It’s a vicious cycle’: Labour’s benefit cuts could push people with MS out of work, report finds
Multiple sclerosis

‘It’s a vicious cycle’: Labour’s benefit cuts could push people with MS out of work, report finds

Skins star on how OnlyFans changed her life: ‘I was earning a living wage for the first time’
Sex work

Skins star on how OnlyFans changed her life: ‘I was earning a living wage for the first time’

‘Much more stressful’: Women less likely than men to have an ‘appropriate’ work at home space
Work at home

‘Much more stressful’: Women less likely than men to have an ‘appropriate’ work at home space

I was a migrant working in a warehouse. Then I got a role in a film about doing exactly that
Film

I was a migrant working in a warehouse. Then I got a role in a film about doing exactly that

More than half a million young Brits not in work, training or education have never had a paid job
Employment

More than half a million young Brits not in work, training or education have never had a paid job

I was trafficked and forced to work 23 hours a day. How was I meant to return to normality?
Modern slavery

I was trafficked and forced to work 23 hours a day. How was I meant to return to normality?

Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?
Letters

Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?

Five years after Covid, why has working from home become a culture war fault line?
Five years on from the pandemic

Five years after Covid, why has working from home become a culture war fault line?

DWP’s new unemployment benefit and changes to work capability assessments, explained
Benefits

DWP’s new unemployment benefit and changes to work capability assessments, explained

The government has a choice: Slash benefits and destroy lives or support disabled people
James Watson-O’Neill

The government has a choice: Slash benefits and destroy lives or support disabled people

Working from home vital for disabled people to keep a job, DWP told ahead of benefit cuts
Working from home

Working from home vital for disabled people to keep a job, DWP told ahead of benefit cuts

On Falling director Laura Carreira: ‘We don’t have to work so much and get paid so little’
Film

On Falling director Laura Carreira: ‘We don’t have to work so much and get paid so little’

How the miners’ strike changed the way Britain works, 40 years on
Miners' strike

How the miners’ strike changed the way Britain works, 40 years on

Are disability benefit claimants ‘ready to work’? The truth behind DWP’s claims ahead of welfare reforms
Disability benefits

Are disability benefit claimants ‘ready to work’? The truth behind DWP’s claims ahead of welfare reforms

Government urged to stop using ‘personality tests’ in its hiring process: ‘Big barrier for autistic people’
Employment

Government urged to stop using ‘personality tests’ in its hiring process: ‘Big barrier for autistic people’

Can Skills England plug the UK’s skills gap to give Labour the growth it craves?
Work

Can Skills England plug the UK’s skills gap to give Labour the growth it craves?

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‘It’s devastating’: UK’s biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests
Workplace inclusion

‘It’s devastating’: UK’s biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests

Big UK businesses are slashing thousands of jobs. Just how much trouble are we in?
Jobs

Big UK businesses are slashing thousands of jobs. Just how much trouble are we in?

Big Issue’s recruitment service for people facing barriers to work reports 13% growth in 2024-25
Press Release

Big Issue’s recruitment service for people facing barriers to work reports 13% growth in 2024-25

No, Gen Z aren’t lazy workers – they just don’t want your jobs
Rose Marley

No, Gen Z aren’t lazy workers – they just don’t want your jobs