Employment

DWP job advisers will soon be in GP surgeries and mental health services
two people on chairs having a discussion. a form is in the centre
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP job advisers will soon be in GP surgeries and mental health services

Charities have welcomed the increase in employment support for disabled people, but there are also fears that this latest measure could be a 'huge risk' which prevents people from accessing medical help
Is AI pushing jobless young graduates to the far right?
Education

Is AI pushing jobless young graduates to the far right?

DWP plans could see more than 50,000 disabled people lose access to vital work support
Jobcentre Plus
Disabled people

DWP plans could see more than 50,000 disabled people lose access to vital work support

Privately educated elite five times more likely to take Britain's most powerful and influential jobs
Education

Privately educated elite five times more likely to take Britain's most powerful and influential jobs

Watering down the Employment Rights Bill after Rayner exit would be 'gift' to Farage, experts warn
Workers' rights

Watering down the Employment Rights Bill after Rayner exit would be 'gift' to Farage, experts warn

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Universal credit sanctions 'undermine' Jobcentre employment support, DWP warned by MPs
A DWP Jobcentre
Department for Work and Pensions

Universal credit sanctions 'undermine' Jobcentre employment support, DWP warned by MPs

Disabled people warn of brutal 'secret' cuts to DWP Access to Work support: 'It's been horrific'
Access to work

Disabled people warn of brutal 'secret' cuts to DWP Access to Work support: 'It's been horrific'

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'

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

Is a four-day working week inevitable? Latest UK pilot sees 100% success rate
Four-day working week

Is a four-day working week inevitable? Latest UK pilot sees 100% success rate

Labour's disability benefits bill is supposed to help people into work – but the jobs aren't there
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall speaking in parliament
Disability Benefits

Labour's disability benefits bill is supposed to help people into work – but the jobs aren't there

Nearly half of young Brits say health issues will push them out of work. How can we cope without them?
Employment

Nearly half of young Brits say health issues will push them out of work. How can we cope without them?

This afternoon tea is made and served by people with learning disabilities: 'A wonderful celebration'
Man serves afternoon tea
Employment

This afternoon tea is made and served by people with learning disabilities: 'A wonderful celebration'

Labour's apprenticeship reforms aim to train the next generation – but do they go far enough?
Apprenticeships

Labour's apprenticeship reforms aim to train the next generation – but do they go far enough?

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

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

Big Issue Recruit to help jobseekers in South Wales secure green jobs on onshore wind farm
The site in the Welsh valleys where Twyn Hywel energy park is set to begin construction early next year
Big Issue Recruit

Big Issue Recruit to help jobseekers in South Wales secure green jobs on onshore wind farm

This Prince William-backed project helps homeless young people into careers: 'I want to work my way up'
Prince William
Work

This Prince William-backed project helps homeless young people into careers: 'I want to work my way up'

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'

Unions are getting 'more powerful' as young, LGBTQ+ and disabled people eye up membership
Protesters hold up flags and placards at a protest in London on October 1, 2022.
unions

Unions are getting 'more powerful' as young, LGBTQ+ and disabled people eye up membership

'Much more stressful': Women less likely than men to have an 'appropriate' work at home space
Online learning
Work at home

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

Meet the ex-Big Issue vendor who went from homelessness to giving Prince William a tour of Aberdeen
Prince WIlliam is given a tour of Aberdeen by former Big Issue vendor Angus
Homelessness

Meet the ex-Big Issue vendor who went from homelessness to giving Prince William a tour of Aberdeen

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
British Steel could be nationalised. Here's what that means for workers and the country
Steel

British Steel could be nationalised. Here's what that means for workers and the country

More than half a million young Brits not in work, training or education have never had a paid job
a young person sat on a bench
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?

DWP 'work coach shortage' could undermine Labour's bid to help disabled people into work
jobcentre plus/ dwp
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP 'work coach shortage' could undermine Labour's bid to help disabled people into work