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DWP payment dates for benefits and pensions in May 2024 – and how to know if you’re eligible
DWP payment dates for benefits and pensions in May 2024 – and how to know if you’re eligible
Could you be eligible for more benefits from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in May 2024? Here’s how to find out whether you’re entitled to more help
‘People need aid, not criminalisation’: Sadiq Khan’s comments on shoplifting nappies spark debate
‘People need aid, not criminalisation’: Sadiq Khan’s comments on shoplifting nappies spark debate
Village of ‘beautiful homes’ for homeless people to be built in Lanarkshire by Social Bite
Village of ‘beautiful homes’ for homeless people to be built in Lanarkshire by Social Bite
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Lesbian Visibility Week: There’s ‘enormous power’ in being a lesbian – but stigma and shame persist
Lesbian Visibility Week: There’s ‘enormous power’ in being a lesbian – but stigma and shame persist
Who owns the moon? How the lunar frontier could become the new Wild West
Who owns the moon? How the lunar frontier could become the new Wild West
Cost of living crisis
DWP payment dates for benefits and pensions in May 2024 – and how to know if you’re eligible
DWP payment dates for benefits and pensions in May 2024 – and how to know if you’re eligible
‘People need aid, not criminalisation’: Sadiq Khan’s comments on shoplifting nappies spark debate
‘People need aid, not criminalisation’: Sadiq Khan’s comments on shoplifting nappies spark debate
Hate speech, snooping and benefits: How government policy has ‘violated disabled people’s rights’
Hate speech, snooping and benefits: How government policy has ‘violated disabled people’s rights’
‘It’s evil what they’re doing’: DWP denying benefits to people with schizophrenia and mental illness
‘It’s evil what they’re doing’: DWP denying benefits to people with schizophrenia and mental illness
Housing
Village of ‘beautiful homes’ for homeless people to be built in Lanarkshire by Social Bite
Village of ‘beautiful homes’ for homeless people to be built in Lanarkshire by Social Bite
Here’s what happened when 1,000 smartphones and tablets were given to homeless people
Here’s what happened when 1,000 smartphones and tablets were given to homeless people
Tory renting reforms pass Commons with no date for no-fault eviction ban: ‘It needs major surgery’
Tory renting reforms pass Commons with no date for no-fault eviction ban: ‘It needs major surgery’
Nearly 100 MPs earned more than £10,000 as landlords in the last 12 months
Nearly 100 MPs earned more than £10,000 as landlords in the last 12 months
Our vendors
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’
Big Issue founder John Bird celebrates vendors at House of Lords – and vows to help end destitution
Big Issue founder John Bird celebrates vendors at House of Lords – and vows to help end destitution
Employment
How this social enterprise is tackling stigma and helping neurodiverse people into work
How this social enterprise is tackling stigma and helping neurodiverse people into work
Train drivers to stage more strikes in May, ASLEF union announces: ‘We won’t back down’
Train drivers to stage more strikes in May, ASLEF union announces: ‘We won’t back down’
‘It’s an epidemic’: 1.4 million workers trapped in insecure jobs are stuck in precarious rented homes
‘It’s an epidemic’: 1.4 million workers trapped in insecure jobs are stuck in precarious rented homes
Millions of Brits think their jobs are ‘meaningless.’ Could a four-day working work week fix that?
Millions of Brits think their jobs are ‘meaningless.’ Could a four-day working work week fix that?
Social justice
DWP payment dates for benefits and pensions in May 2024 – and how to know if you’re eligible
DWP payment dates for benefits and pensions in May 2024 – and how to know if you’re eligible
Lesbian Visibility Week: There’s ‘enormous power’ in being a lesbian – but stigma and shame persist
Lesbian Visibility Week: There’s ‘enormous power’ in being a lesbian – but stigma and shame persist
Hate speech, snooping and benefits: How government policy has ‘violated disabled people’s rights’
Hate speech, snooping and benefits: How government policy has ‘violated disabled people’s rights’
Activist to take DWP to court over disability benefit reforms: ‘Disabled voices should be heard’
Activist to take DWP to court over disability benefit reforms: ‘Disabled voices should be heard’
Activism
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
This man let 12 strangers give £100,000 of his money away. Governments should follow suit
This man let 12 strangers give £100,000 of his money away. Governments should follow suit
Environment
Who owns the moon? How the lunar frontier could become the new Wild West
Who owns the moon? How the lunar frontier could become the new Wild West
Hedgerows are amazing. Here’s why we must plant more of them
Hedgerows are amazing. Here’s why we must plant more of them
The comeback kids: The 5 ‘lost’ wildlife species returning from extinction to the UK
The comeback kids: The 5 ‘lost’ wildlife species returning from extinction to the UK
Earth Day 2024: Big businesses must take responsibility for environmental impact, retailers say