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Renowned photographer Misan Harriman on Black Lives Matter, Gaza and finding hope in protest
Protest

Renowned photographer Misan Harriman on Black Lives Matter, Gaza and finding hope in protest

Renowned photographer Misan Harriman has unveiled his first solo exhibition 'The Purpose of Light' featuring images of protest, resistance and hope
How I made friends with a great oak tree named Quercus
Trees

How I made friends with a great oak tree named Quercus

'It would be good to know how long we have left': This clifftop community is falling into the sea
Climate crisis

'It would be good to know how long we have left': This clifftop community is falling into the sea

Home Office extends 56-day refugee move-on period – but it doesn't go far enough, campaigners say
Refugees

Home Office extends 56-day refugee move-on period – but it doesn't go far enough, campaigners say

Black and minority households 'forced to cut their hair and hide their accents' to get social housing
Racism

Black and minority households 'forced to cut their hair and hide their accents' to get social housing

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
DWP’s 'unhealthy' AI obsession is trapping people in poverty, Amnesty report finds
dwp
Artificial intelligence

DWP’s 'unhealthy' AI obsession is trapping people in poverty, Amnesty report finds

One in nine children hit by two-child benefit cap: 'The public will not stomach inaction'
A mother and three children.
Child poverty

One in nine children hit by two-child benefit cap: 'The public will not stomach inaction'

Here's a dozen fascinating trees you really should visit this year
Family Days Out

Here's a dozen fascinating trees you really should visit this year

Sky-high rents mean ageing tenants 'won't be able to retire' – adding billions to the benefits bill
an old woman sat on a bed looking stressed
RENTING

Sky-high rents mean ageing tenants 'won't be able to retire' – adding billions to the benefits bill

Meet the furious Gen Z protesters who want the super-rich to pay their fair share: 'We have a voice'
Protest

Meet the furious Gen Z protesters who want the super-rich to pay their fair share: 'We have a voice'

This rule change is helping care leavers and domestic abuse survivors to get social homes
care leavers hand in petition at Downing Street
Social housing

This rule change is helping care leavers and domestic abuse survivors to get social homes

MPs vote to make Labour's 'reckless' benefits bill into law – despite disabled people's fears. Now what?
Liz Kendall speaking in parliament
Disability benefits

MPs vote to make Labour's 'reckless' benefits bill into law – despite disabled people's fears. Now what?

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
uk heatwave
Homelessness

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?

UN committee sounds alarm over Labour's benefits bill: 'It should shame the government'
United nations
Disability benefits

UN committee sounds alarm over Labour's benefits bill: 'It should shame the government'

Zelda Perkins, Harvey Weinstein's ex-assistant, applauds UK's NDA ban: 'It's given me faith in democracy'
Workers' rights

Zelda Perkins, Harvey Weinstein's ex-assistant, applauds UK's NDA ban: 'It's given me faith in democracy'

Homeless young people slapped with £1,800 carpet bill after finally being housed
A furnished bedroom
Homelessness

Homeless young people slapped with £1,800 carpet bill after finally being housed

Pressure grows on police forces to reverse their refusal to equip officers with life-saving naloxone
police officer uses naloxone
Drugs

Pressure grows on police forces to reverse their refusal to equip officers with life-saving naloxone

'Do what's right for UK's children': Urgent call to scrap two-child benefit cap projected onto parliament
Save the Children projected stark child poverty statistics onto the Houses of Parliament
Child poverty

'Do what's right for UK's children': Urgent call to scrap two-child benefit cap projected onto parliament

Young people struggling to afford food face 'stigma' when seeking help: 'We don't feel welcome'
Kyson Redd with service manager Hannah
Food poverty

Young people struggling to afford food face 'stigma' when seeking help: 'We don't feel welcome'

Activists are trying to force JD Sports, M&S and more to disclose low pay – all through shareholders
Stock photo of UK bank notes and coins
Wages

Activists are trying to force JD Sports, M&S and more to disclose low pay – all through shareholders

'It's easier to buy a vape than an apple': How greengrocers on wheels could change the UK
Paul Flannery, local green grocer who runs the Queen of Greens bus
Food poverty

'It's easier to buy a vape than an apple': How greengrocers on wheels could change the UK

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Thousands of Brit-born children with migrant parents face destitution: 'Don't deny children their rights'
A child holding a globe
Poverty

Thousands of Brit-born children with migrant parents face destitution: 'Don't deny children their rights'

This innovative new project helps get both domestic abuse victims and perpetrators off the streets
the silhouette of a woman in a flat
Homelessness

This innovative new project helps get both domestic abuse victims and perpetrators off the streets

Whatever happened to Make Poverty History?
Make Poverty History

Whatever happened to Make Poverty History?

The simple reason Nigel Farage has seemingly had a change of heart on benefits
Nigel Farage
Two-child benefit cap

The simple reason Nigel Farage has seemingly had a change of heart on benefits

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