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Labour's raids on illegal migrant workers no cause for celebration: 'An utterly pointless performance'
Police holding crowds back from the Home Office vehicle.
Immigration

Labour's raids on illegal migrant workers no cause for celebration: 'An utterly pointless performance'

Liz Kendall blasted for 'fuelling fear' after saying benefits claimants are 'taking the mickey'
DWP minister Liz Kendall
Benefits

Liz Kendall blasted for 'fuelling fear' after saying benefits claimants are 'taking the mickey'

'It's devastating': UK's biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests
Workplace inclusion

'It's devastating': UK's biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests

Big UK businesses are slashing thousands of jobs. Just how much trouble are we in?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of the autumn budget 2024
Jobs

Big UK businesses are slashing thousands of jobs. Just how much trouble are we in?

Inside the plan to give free cash to homeless people in Manchester: 'It's time to try something new'
Andy Burnham and Rachel Reeves at Manchester Victoria Station
Universal basic income

Inside the plan to give free cash to homeless people in Manchester: 'It's time to try something new'

Millions of young Brits have lost money to online scams – and it's getting worse
Online scams

Millions of young Brits have lost money to online scams – and it's getting worse

Homelessness on the rise in Finland for first time in over a decade: 'It's unacceptable'
streets of Helsinki
Homelessness

Homelessness on the rise in Finland for first time in over a decade: 'It's unacceptable'

'Staggering' increase in young people facing homelessness, charity says
homeless peoples' tents in street
News

'Staggering' increase in young people facing homelessness, charity says

How Big Issue Recruit builds on a three-decade legacy of removing barriers to work
Head of Big Issue Recruit Operations Stuart Greenway, Big Issue Recruit candidate Kane and Big Issue Recruit job coach Shak Dean stand outside Big Issue Group's head office in Finsbury Park, London.
Big Issue Recruit

How Big Issue Recruit builds on a three-decade legacy of removing barriers to work

'They united the public in opposition to hatred': What have we learned six months on from UK riots?
UK riots

'They united the public in opposition to hatred': What have we learned six months on from UK riots?

Awaab's Law is finally coming into force in October – but some hazards won't be covered until 2027
Rochdale toddler Awaab Ishak died due to damp and mould in his social housing flat
Awaab's Law

Awaab's Law is finally coming into force in October – but some hazards won't be covered until 2027

It's been a decade since UK inflation fell to 0%. Here's why that's 'actually quite a bad thing'
Images of George Osborne and Rachel Reeves holding the budget box. Images: Flickr/ HM Treasury
Inflation

It's been a decade since UK inflation fell to 0%. Here's why that's 'actually quite a bad thing'

Labour says new energy efficiency rules for landlords will save renters £240 a year on bills
Environment secretary Ed Miliband
Energy bills

Labour says new energy efficiency rules for landlords will save renters £240 a year on bills

Social housing waiting lists to soar to two million people in 10 years, report finds
Row of terraced houses with cars on the road in front
Social housing

Social housing waiting lists to soar to two million people in 10 years, report finds

DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: 'What a failure'
Disability benefits

DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: 'What a failure'

Is UK's housing system racist? Calls for inquiry as study reveals ethnic minorities pay more for less
UK housing
Racism

Is UK's housing system racist? Calls for inquiry as study reveals ethnic minorities pay more for less

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
So-called 'landlord exodus' divides opinion amid Renters' Rights Bill debate in the Lords
Peer Lord Best in the House of Lords
RENTING

So-called 'landlord exodus' divides opinion amid Renters' Rights Bill debate in the Lords

'Your hands are bloody': What Serbia's major anti-corruption protests mean for the country's future
Protesters in Serbia holding up a sign which translates as 'Your hands are bloody
Protest

'Your hands are bloody': What Serbia's major anti-corruption protests mean for the country's future

I fell for a rent scam and lost £1,000 – so I helped other renters fight the scammers
Harleen Nottay presenter of UNTOLD, SCAMMED: BRITAIN’S RENTAL RIP OFF
RENTING

I fell for a rent scam and lost £1,000 – so I helped other renters fight the scammers

Dozens use UK's first drugs consumption room in opening weeks – but 'barriers' still remain
a handful of syringed in packets on top of a blue face covering
Drugs

Dozens use UK's first drugs consumption room in opening weeks – but 'barriers' still remain

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