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Over 1,300 Ukraine refugees have faced homelessness since arriving in England
Ukraine
Housing

Over 1,300 Ukraine refugees have faced homelessness since arriving in England

Expert advice: How to start a community business in 5 steps
Inside Future Yard in Birkinhead where people are chatting in a cafe
Career advice

Expert advice: How to start a community business in 5 steps

Man on hunger strike pleads with the government to 'wake up' to the cost of living crisis
Hunger strike/ Cost of living
Cost of living crisis

Man on hunger strike pleads with the government to 'wake up' to the cost of living crisis

Wildfires: Firefighters on front line of climate crisis say they don't have resources to cope
Climate crisis

Wildfires: Firefighters on front line of climate crisis say they don't have resources to cope

What's caused the UK's water shortage - and what can I do to help?
Drought

What's caused the UK's water shortage - and what can I do to help?

Amazon wildcat strikes enter second week as UK workers protest over pay
Strike action

Amazon wildcat strikes enter second week as UK workers protest over pay

More than 70,000 people sign Gordon Brown petition calling for emergency budget
Gordon Brown
Cost of living crisis

More than 70,000 people sign Gordon Brown petition calling for emergency budget

'Using less energy isn't an option': Disabled people set to be hit hardest when bills soar again
Energy bills

'Using less energy isn't an option': Disabled people set to be hit hardest when bills soar again

Employee rights in the UK 2022: Everything you need to know
Know your rights

Employee rights in the UK 2022: Everything you need to know

I do-nate: Couple use wedding to raise £1,500 for Big Issue
Big Issue wedding
Big Issue

I do-nate: Couple use wedding to raise £1,500 for Big Issue

Oil giants Shell and BP have been handed £700m of taxpayer cash despite bumper profits
An oil rig
Energy crisis

Oil giants Shell and BP have been handed £700m of taxpayer cash despite bumper profits

'What a load of bull': Martin Lewis rubbishes claims government can't act on energy bills crisis
Energy bills

'What a load of bull': Martin Lewis rubbishes claims government can't act on energy bills crisis

Four reasons why net zero is a solution - not a problem - for the energy crisis
Net zero

Four reasons why net zero is a solution - not a problem - for the energy crisis

Huge energy bill hike leaves one of Britain’s biggest food banks facing closure by Christmas
food bank
Food banks

Huge energy bill hike leaves one of Britain’s biggest food banks facing closure by Christmas

DWP staff are having to claim benefits themselves
The green job centre plus sign hangs above a wet and dirty concrete architrave
In-work poverty

DWP staff are having to claim benefits themselves

Here's why we shouldn't leave the future of transport to Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley future of transport
future of transport

Here's why we shouldn't leave the future of transport to Silicon Valley

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak 'do not grasp the seriousness of the cost of living crisis'
Truss and Sunak/ Cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak 'do not grasp the seriousness of the cost of living crisis'

How to care for your garden during a heatwave and a hosepipe ban
UK Heatwave

How to care for your garden during a heatwave and a hosepipe ban

Energy bills expected to soar to £4,200 in January
Energy bills/ Cost of living
Cost of living crisis

Energy bills expected to soar to £4,200 in January

Policing Extinction Rebellion protests cost the Met over £10million
Extinction Rebellion
Protest

Policing Extinction Rebellion protests cost the Met over £10million

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