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Labour’s workers’ rights plan slammed as ‘unrecognisable’ and a ‘betrayal’ by Unite union boss
Labour’s workers’ rights plan slammed as ‘unrecognisable’ and a ‘betrayal’ by Unite union boss
Labour’s draft New Deal for workers is ‘unrecognisable’, unions have claimed, as the party scraps plans to ban zero hour contracts
Are we headed for a low-turnout general election? Why poverty and mistrust mean voters staying home
Are we headed for a low-turnout general election? Why poverty and mistrust mean voters staying home
India Amarteifio on growing up on benefits and entering the glitzy Bridgerton world
India Amarteifio on growing up on benefits and entering the glitzy Bridgerton world
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There’s a chronic shortage of social housing. Here’s how the government can begin to fix it
There’s a chronic shortage of social housing. Here’s how the government can begin to fix it
‘Real change is essential’: Our blueprint for change shows how Sunak and Starmer can end poverty for good
‘Real change is essential’: Our blueprint for change shows how Sunak and Starmer can end poverty for good
Cost of living crisis
Applying for DWP benefits is ‘soul-destroying’ and ‘unnecessarily difficult’, study finds
Applying for DWP benefits is ‘soul-destroying’ and ‘unnecessarily difficult’, study finds
India Amarteifio on growing up on benefits and entering the glitzy Bridgerton world
India Amarteifio on growing up on benefits and entering the glitzy Bridgerton world
World War 3, climate crisis, benefit cuts… Here’s how to process the news when it feels hopeless
World War 3, climate crisis, benefit cuts… Here’s how to process the news when it feels hopeless
Why Sunak’s benefit cuts and crackdown on ‘sick note culture’ harms children like my daughter
Why Sunak’s benefit cuts and crackdown on ‘sick note culture’ harms children like my daughter
Housing
There’s a chronic shortage of social housing. Here’s how the government can begin to fix it
There’s a chronic shortage of social housing. Here’s how the government can begin to fix it
Number of women sleeping rough on England’s street may be nine times higher than government thinks
Number of women sleeping rough on England’s street may be nine times higher than government thinks
The places in England and Wales hit hardest by soaring rent crisis, revealed
The places in England and Wales hit hardest by soaring rent crisis, revealed
Housing estate residents fear their family homes being bulldozed to make way for ‘gentrification’
Housing estate residents fear their family homes being bulldozed to make way for ‘gentrification’
Our vendors
Letters: I’m autistic and the DWP’s benefit reforms make me very scared for the future
Letters: I’m autistic and the DWP’s benefit reforms make me very scared for the future
Letters: DWP wants to make it as hard as possible to look after my disabled relatives
Letters: DWP wants to make it as hard as possible to look after my disabled relatives
Artists pays tribute to Big Issue vendors in thought-provoking project: ‘Ordinary moments go unnoticed’
Artists pays tribute to Big Issue vendors in thought-provoking project: ‘Ordinary moments go unnoticed’
Employment
Labour’s workers’ rights plan slammed as ‘unrecognisable’ and a ‘betrayal’ by Unite union boss
Labour’s workers’ rights plan slammed as ‘unrecognisable’ and a ‘betrayal’ by Unite union boss
May 2024 train strikes: Disruption as Aslef drivers walk out – here’s everything you need to know
May 2024 train strikes: Disruption as Aslef drivers walk out – here’s everything you need to know
Aslef boss Mick Whelan on train strikes, hope with Labour and why Brits must reject ‘politics of envy’
Aslef boss Mick Whelan on train strikes, hope with Labour and why Brits must reject ‘politics of envy’
Timpson boss James Timpson on Doc Martens, high street success and how work can turn lives around
Timpson boss James Timpson on Doc Martens, high street success and how work can turn lives around
Social justice
Applying for DWP benefits is ‘soul-destroying’ and ‘unnecessarily difficult’, study finds
Applying for DWP benefits is ‘soul-destroying’ and ‘unnecessarily difficult’, study finds
India Amarteifio on growing up on benefits and entering the glitzy Bridgerton world
India Amarteifio on growing up on benefits and entering the glitzy Bridgerton world
This chef walks the streets of London serving piping hot lasagne to rough sleepers: ‘We won’t stop coming’
This chef walks the streets of London serving piping hot lasagne to rough sleepers: ‘We won’t stop coming’
Historian Darrin M McMahon on why we need to rethink equality for the modern age
Historian Darrin M McMahon on why we need to rethink equality for the modern age
Activism
Feeling like change in the UK isn’t possible? Let these 28 purposeful campaigns prove otherwise
Feeling like change in the UK isn’t possible? Let these 28 purposeful campaigns prove otherwise
Back to Black actor Eddie Marsan: ‘There aren’t any no-go areas in Tower Hamlets’
Back to Black actor Eddie Marsan: ‘There aren’t any no-go areas in Tower Hamlets’
Grand National: Animal rights activists claim ‘tweaks’ to ‘cruel’ horse race don’t go far enough
Grand National: Animal rights activists claim ‘tweaks’ to ‘cruel’ horse race don’t go far enough
The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children’s charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution
The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children’s charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution
Environment
Shell just made £6.2bn in quarterly profit. Here’s how that money could be better spent
Shell just made £6.2bn in quarterly profit. Here’s how that money could be better spent
Meet the chemical engineer producing carbon-free fuel to keep our world running
Meet the chemical engineer producing carbon-free fuel to keep our world running
We’re in a race to build first new reservoirs in decades before Britain’s taps run dry
We’re in a race to build first new reservoirs in decades before Britain’s taps run dry
Who owns the moon? How the lunar frontier could become the new Wild West
