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How Big Issue Invest is supporting projects and providing work
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How Big Issue Invest is supporting projects and providing work

Is a universal basic income coming to Wales? Campaigners say now is the time
Universal Basic Income
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Is a universal basic income coming to Wales? Campaigners say now is the time

Job seekers grappling with financial and mental health impact of pandemic
Two people at the Jobcentre. Brits and grappling with financial and mental health impact of unemployment. Image credit: J J Ellison / Wikimedia Commons
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Job seekers grappling with financial and mental health impact of pandemic

Andy Burnham to turn Greater Manchester into first living wage city region
Andy Burnham on a real living wage
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Andy Burnham to turn Greater Manchester into first living wage city region

6 ways to get finance and careers help as covid restrictions ease
Employment

6 ways to get finance and careers help as covid restrictions ease

Nearly one million job vacancies available across the UK as lockdown eases
Employment

Nearly one million job vacancies available across the UK as lockdown eases

The future of work: Why The Big Issue has published a special edition
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The future of work: Why The Big Issue has published a special edition

Green jobs could bring 16,000 new roles to deprived areas, says think tank
Green jobs
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Green jobs could bring 16,000 new roles to deprived areas, says think tank

Boris Johnson urged to ban fire and rehire at next month’s Queen’s Speech
Boris Johnson on fire and rehire
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Boris Johnson urged to ban fire and rehire at next month’s Queen’s Speech

Here’s how many green jobs could be created in your area
A man fits a solar panel on a roof. Up to 8,224 green jobs could be created in West Cumbria’s Copeland, where locals are objecting to controversial plans for a new coal mine
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Here’s how many green jobs could be created in your area

Firms cut back on graduate roles as Covid jobs crisis continues 
KPMG usually has hundreds of graduate roles but the market is very competitive. Image credit: Paul Wilkinson / Flickr
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Firms cut back on graduate roles as Covid jobs crisis continues 

DVLA strike: Workers announce second walkout over 'Covid-related safety'
 The DVLA in Swansea. Image credit: Zweifel / Wikimedia commons
Employment

DVLA strike: Workers announce second walkout over 'Covid-related safety'

A year into the pandemic, pay equality is still going in the wrong direction
Employment

A year into the pandemic, pay equality is still going in the wrong direction

Join the Big Issue to help solve the Covid jobs crisis
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Join the Big Issue to help solve the Covid jobs crisis

More than a third of workers given less than a week’s notice of their hours
People who did shift work, such as hospitality workers, were most likely to get short notice of their hours
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More than a third of workers given less than a week’s notice of their hours

British Gas engineers face mass sacking in fire and rehire row
fire and rehire British Gas strike
Employment

British Gas engineers face mass sacking in fire and rehire row

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The top job adverts to look out for as lockdown eases
Most common job adverts include those in the hospitality industry
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The top job adverts to look out for as lockdown eases

Deliveroo strike: ‘I’ve lost sleep not knowing how much I’ll make next week’
Employment

Deliveroo strike: ‘I’ve lost sleep not knowing how much I’ll make next week’

Green jobs cut by nearly 34,000 despite Boris Johnson’s 2050 pledge
Nearly 34,000 green jobs were lost between 2014 and 2019
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Green jobs cut by nearly 34,000 despite Boris Johnson’s 2050 pledge

Youth unemployment crisis will cost UK economy £7bn warns think tank
youth unemployment
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Youth unemployment crisis will cost UK economy £7bn warns think tank

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