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Meet the mums calling for immediate reform of childcare and flexible working
Two mothers in witch costumes hold sign: 'The future won't raise itself'
Childcare crisis

Meet the mums calling for immediate reform of childcare and flexible working

Rough sleeping in London up 25% in one year - and outreach workers fear it will get worse
rough sleeping London
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London up 25% in one year - and outreach workers fear it will get worse

Big Issue Group launches campaign demanding long-term solutions to protect future generations and break the cycle of poverty
Big Futures
Big Futures

Big Issue Group launches campaign demanding long-term solutions to protect future generations and break the cycle of poverty

I spent a night with activists plastering over adverts demanding a general election
Journalist Eliza Pitkin stands next to General Election Now poster
Activism

I spent a night with activists plastering over adverts demanding a general election

March of the Mummies: Why mums across the UK are protesting in Halloween fancy dress
Childcare crisis

March of the Mummies: Why mums across the UK are protesting in Halloween fancy dress

'I begged food bank workers for body wash for my children': The bleak reality of hygiene poverty in the UK
Washing hands/ hygiene poverty
Cost of living crisis

'I begged food bank workers for body wash for my children': The bleak reality of hygiene poverty in the UK

What to do if you've been made redundant
Employment

What to do if you've been made redundant

Can you live off £1 a day? We asked experts about the TikTok trend
TikTok £1 a day challenges
Cost of living crisis

Can you live off £1 a day? We asked experts about the TikTok trend

Don't Pay UK supporters are cancelling their direct debits regardless of the consequences
Don't Pay UK
Energy bills

Don't Pay UK supporters are cancelling their direct debits regardless of the consequences

Students in east London will be paid to go to school as mayor brings back EMA amid cost of living crisis
Students in a classroom
Social Justice

Students in east London will be paid to go to school as mayor brings back EMA amid cost of living crisis

In pictures: Homeless families march on Downing Street to demand council homes
London temporary accommodation protest
Housing

In pictures: Homeless families march on Downing Street to demand council homes

Rogue landlords are profiting from leaving vulnerable people in horror housing
exempt accommodation is leaving people at the mercy of rogue landlords
Rogue landlords

Rogue landlords are profiting from leaving vulnerable people in horror housing

Shell has made £31bn in profit in the last 12 months. Here’s what that could pay for
The red and yellow shell logo sits on top of a pricing tower against a blue sky
Cost of living crisis

Shell has made £31bn in profit in the last 12 months. Here’s what that could pay for

Ex-miners who took part in 1984 strike return to picket line at National Coal Mining Museum
Strike action

Ex-miners who took part in 1984 strike return to picket line at National Coal Mining Museum

How chaotic is our government? Here's how many senior cabinet ministers we've had since the last election
Rishi Sunak

How chaotic is our government? Here's how many senior cabinet ministers we've had since the last election

'Impenetrable' government website leaves public in the dark about dangerous air pollution levels
A busy road with traffic
Air pollution

'Impenetrable' government website leaves public in the dark about dangerous air pollution levels

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
All the scandals the new UK Cabinet would rather everyone forgot
Conservative Party

All the scandals the new UK Cabinet would rather everyone forgot

Why campaigners are pleased to see Michael Gove back as housing secretary
Michael Gove
Conservative Party

Why campaigners are pleased to see Michael Gove back as housing secretary

Soaring mortgage rates are just another cost clobbering victims of the cladding scandal
James Smith cladding mortgages
Cladding crisis

Soaring mortgage rates are just another cost clobbering victims of the cladding scandal

How graffiti artist Opake overcame addiction and homelessness and is now changing lives
Opake
Art

How graffiti artist Opake overcame addiction and homelessness and is now changing lives

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