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Minimum wage UK 2023: How does Britain compare to the rest of the world?
Bank notes of currencies from around the world
Minimum wage

Minimum wage UK 2023: How does Britain compare to the rest of the world?

This website lets you see how much hidden financial support you’re eligible for
cost of living

This website lets you see how much hidden financial support you’re eligible for

Seed libraries are planting joy in our communities when so much else seems gloomy
seed libraries/ communities
Cost of living crisis

Seed libraries are planting joy in our communities when so much else seems gloomy

Seven in 10 children in families on universal credit are not eligible for free school meals
Free school meals/ universal credit
Free school meals

Seven in 10 children in families on universal credit are not eligible for free school meals

Britain needs 'state-owned energy champion', shadow climate secretary Ed Miliband says
Renewable energy

Britain needs 'state-owned energy champion', shadow climate secretary Ed Miliband says

England lost more than 200,000 of the most affordable social homes in the last decade
social homes like Kentmere Tower in Birmingham England
Social housing

England lost more than 200,000 of the most affordable social homes in the last decade

'If we can fix it, we will': The Fixing Factory, where broken appliances get another chance
Dermot Jones at the Fixing Factory in Camden fixing a toaster and a lamp
The Fixing Factory

'If we can fix it, we will': The Fixing Factory, where broken appliances get another chance

Government 'risks harm to health and environment' by not banning disposable vapes
Pollution

Government 'risks harm to health and environment' by not banning disposable vapes

Rishi Sunak’s anti-social behaviour action plan is ‘dressing old laws up in new clothes’
Rough Sleeping

Rishi Sunak’s anti-social behaviour action plan is ‘dressing old laws up in new clothes’

Aldi has donated thousands of free breakfasts to food banks and schools across the country
aldi/ food banks
Cost of living crisis

Aldi has donated thousands of free breakfasts to food banks and schools across the country

Should we break up the Met? We asked experts what comes next after the Casey Review
Met Police, defund the police, break up the met
police reform

Should we break up the Met? We asked experts what comes next after the Casey Review

Young disabled people are shut out from housing and forced to live with their parents
disabled people
Disability

Young disabled people are shut out from housing and forced to live with their parents

Ever thought about earning money from recycling? Bower Recycling is making it happen.
left is Berfin Melt and right is Suwar Mert, co-founders of Bower
Recycling

Ever thought about earning money from recycling? Bower Recycling is making it happen.

This mega charity shop is changing the way we think about fast fashion
mega charity shop
Charity

This mega charity shop is changing the way we think about fast fashion

Mums on hunger strike since Mother’s Day in solidarity with parents who can’t feed their kids
food poverty
Food poverty

Mums on hunger strike since Mother’s Day in solidarity with parents who can’t feed their kids

Tory MP calls for Met Police whistleblowers’ charter after damning Casey Report
Met Police
Social Justice

Tory MP calls for Met Police whistleblowers’ charter after damning Casey Report

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Sadiq Khan says there is an 'orchestrated campaign' against Ulez expansion
Mayor Sadiq Khan speaking at a podium for the 10th anniversary of the Olympics with a microphone in his face
ULEZ expansion

Sadiq Khan says there is an 'orchestrated campaign' against Ulez expansion

Repair Week: We should all learn how to fix things – here's why
hands painting a piece of timber
Repair Week

Repair Week: We should all learn how to fix things – here's why

Ramadan: How to support employees, friends and colleagues in the Muslim holy month
A group of diners breaks the Ramadan fast with iftar at Habib's Cuisine in Dearborn, Michigan. Photo credit: State Dept./Brian Widdis
Ramadan

Ramadan: How to support employees, friends and colleagues in the Muslim holy month

Here’s how to save money and the environment at the same time
man fixing computer motherboard with screwdriver for Repair Week 2022
Repair Week

Here’s how to save money and the environment at the same time

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