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Starmer and Trump agree 'historic' UK-US trade deal. Here's everything you need to know
Keir Starmer and Donald Trump
UK-US trade deal

Starmer and Trump agree 'historic' UK-US trade deal. Here's everything you need to know

Majority of Brits disapprove of Labour's approach to tackling poverty, Big Issue polling finds
Big Issue vendors Andre, Kelvin and George
Poverty

Majority of Brits disapprove of Labour's approach to tackling poverty, Big Issue polling finds

Would reversing winter fuel payment cuts be enough to restore trust in Labour?
Winter fuel payment

Would reversing winter fuel payment cuts be enough to restore trust in Labour?

Disability benefit cuts could be as 'politically toxic' as winter fuel payment, Labour warned
Liz Kendall
Disability benefits

Disability benefit cuts could be as 'politically toxic' as winter fuel payment, Labour warned

Women in the North miss out on £158m in wages every week compared to rest of England
Manchester
Women

Women in the North miss out on £158m in wages every week compared to rest of England

'Labour has blown its first year in office': What Reform's local election gains really tell us
Nigel Farage
Politics

'Labour has blown its first year in office': What Reform's local election gains really tell us

How to stay safe online
Stock image of a person using a laptop
Digital inclusion

How to stay safe online

Revealed: DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other UK employer
dwp offices
Employment

Revealed: DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other UK employer

The Traitors' Ash Bibi on fleeing a violent home for a women's refuge at 16: 'There's always hope'
Ash Bibi
Domestic violence

The Traitors' Ash Bibi on fleeing a violent home for a women's refuge at 16: 'There's always hope'

Helô! Come and see us at our Big Community Roadshow in Cardiff
Former vendor Mark Richards sells the Big Issue on Queen's Street back in 2022, before his sad death in 2024. Image: Big Issue
Big Community

Helô! Come and see us at our Big Community Roadshow in Cardiff

Food banks receiving 'rotten' donations from supermarkets 'not fit for human consumption'
food banks
Food banks

Food banks receiving 'rotten' donations from supermarkets 'not fit for human consumption'

I'm an aid worker in Gaza – the situation has never been worse
British aid worker in Gaza Gavin Kelleher
Gaza

I'm an aid worker in Gaza – the situation has never been worse

Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?
Working class

Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?

Homelessness hit new record highs in England in 2024: 'The system is at breaking point'
A couple in temporary accommodation with a dog
Homelessness

Homelessness hit new record highs in England in 2024: 'The system is at breaking point'

Number of rough sleepers living long-term on London's streets surges almost 40% in just a year
a man with a suitcase walking past a man sleeping rough
Rough sleeping

Number of rough sleepers living long-term on London's streets surges almost 40% in just a year

Legal aid crisis shows how utterly impossible the UK's asylum system really is: 'It's so depressing'
Legal aid crisis

Legal aid crisis shows how utterly impossible the UK's asylum system really is: 'It's so depressing'

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Disabled people retiring with pensions less than two-thirds of the Brit average, report warns
Pensions

Disabled people retiring with pensions less than two-thirds of the Brit average, report warns

Save tens of billions in public money by ending hunger – not slashing benefits, government told
Rachel Reeves
Hunger

Save tens of billions in public money by ending hunger – not slashing benefits, government told

DWP payment dates in May 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
UK money
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP payment dates in May 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

Fit all new homes with solar panels to slash energy bills by hundreds, government told
a man fitting solar panels to a house
Housing

Fit all new homes with solar panels to slash energy bills by hundreds, government told