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Iceland loan scheme to support shoppers receives 50,000 applications in first week
Iceland loans
Cost of living crisis

Iceland loan scheme to support shoppers receives 50,000 applications in first week

Cornwall's second homeowners urged to donate £5.4million in energy rebates
News

Cornwall's second homeowners urged to donate £5.4million in energy rebates

Don't Pay UK to stage protest outside Ofgem offices as energy price rise is confirmed
feelings known about the cost of living crisis at a rally in early April 2022
Energy Bils

Don't Pay UK to stage protest outside Ofgem offices as energy price rise is confirmed

British Gas pledge to help customers is a mere ‘drop in the ocean’ say fuel poverty campaigners
Energy bills

British Gas pledge to help customers is a mere ‘drop in the ocean’ say fuel poverty campaigners

Here's why sewage is being dumped into seas and rivers - and what you can do about it
The River Derwent. Tory MPs voted down amendments to stop water companies dumping sewage in rivers and seas. Photo: © Malcolm Coils (cc-by-sa/2.0)
Sewage pollution

Here's why sewage is being dumped into seas and rivers - and what you can do about it

90% of rented homes in England unaffordable for people on housing benefit
housing benefit
RENTING

90% of rented homes in England unaffordable for people on housing benefit

Homeless outreach group offers sleeping bags to those in need after huge donation
Streets Kitchen
Homelessness

Homeless outreach group offers sleeping bags to those in need after huge donation

Scotland’s new wind farm could reduce energy bills
Seagreen
Energy crisis

Scotland’s new wind farm could reduce energy bills

BetterPod: Will Poulter and Aneita Lewis on the cost-of-living crisis
Will Poulter and Aneita Lewis on BetterPod
Financial insecurity

BetterPod: Will Poulter and Aneita Lewis on the cost-of-living crisis

Thames Water's daily leakage is equivalent to running a hosepipe for 73 years
Drought

Thames Water's daily leakage is equivalent to running a hosepipe for 73 years

New PM must prevent soaring homelessness from becoming Tories’ ‘tragic legacy’
Homelessness
HOMELESSNESS

New PM must prevent soaring homelessness from becoming Tories’ ‘tragic legacy’

TUC unveils 'road map' to a £15 minimum wage and high wage economy
Minium wage

TUC unveils 'road map' to a £15 minimum wage and high wage economy

£150 cost of living disability payment is not enough, charities warn
Cost of living crisis

£150 cost of living disability payment is not enough, charities warn

NUS warns 'no amount of budgeting' will stop university students falling into poverty
Higher education

NUS warns 'no amount of budgeting' will stop university students falling into poverty

Government told to double payments for Ukraine refugee hosts amid homelessness warning
Ukraine refugees
UKRAINE

Government told to double payments for Ukraine refugee hosts amid homelessness warning

Labour MP demands government supports small businesses with skyrocketing energy bills
Blake
Social Justice

Labour MP demands government supports small businesses with skyrocketing energy bills

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Revealed: The areas set to be hit hardest by soaring energy bills
Energy bills

Revealed: The areas set to be hit hardest by soaring energy bills

Here's what you get if you ask airlines what they can do about the climate crisis
Image of a plane in the sky.
Aviation

Here's what you get if you ask airlines what they can do about the climate crisis

Community rallies around Big Issue seller after he loses everything in wildfire
Big Issue vendor Steve Corbett and dog Blueberry
Our vendors

Community rallies around Big Issue seller after he loses everything in wildfire

CEOs are now paid 109 times more than the average worker
CEO pay
Business

CEOs are now paid 109 times more than the average worker

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