Two thirds of retail workers are borrowing money to pay their bills
Cost of living crisis

Two thirds of retail workers are borrowing money to pay their bills

Anti-LTN candidates fail to make inroads in local elections
LTNs
Local elections

Anti-LTN candidates fail to make inroads in local elections

'Ex-miners are voting Green': Why the Green Party has made gains in industrial heartlands
Green party campaigners in South Tyneside.
Local elections

'Ex-miners are voting Green': Why the Green Party has made gains in industrial heartlands

5 government promises on workers' rights that could be broken if the Employment Bill is dropped
Workers' rights

5 government promises on workers' rights that could be broken if the Employment Bill is dropped

Activists to stage mass protest on duke's taxpayer-subsidised private estate
Private sign on a fence
Right to roam

Activists to stage mass protest on duke's taxpayer-subsidised private estate

Long Covid cases 50% higher in most deprived households than in the richest
Blackpool beach
Long covid

Long Covid cases 50% higher in most deprived households than in the richest

Elsie is no exception - millions of pensioners are 'scared silly' about cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

Elsie is no exception - millions of pensioners are 'scared silly' about cost of living crisis

Soaring cost of construction materials could impact home building
builders
Housing

Soaring cost of construction materials could impact home building

Clean air group creates tool to help people demand stricter government targets on pollution
A busy road with traffic
Air pollution

Clean air group creates tool to help people demand stricter government targets on pollution

Police forced to scrap order that banned a homeless man from carrying a cup
homeless tent
Homelessness

Police forced to scrap order that banned a homeless man from carrying a cup

Boris Johnson set to scrap plan to let workers keep tips despite admitting minimum wage isn’t enough to live on
Workers' rights

Boris Johnson set to scrap plan to let workers keep tips despite admitting minimum wage isn’t enough to live on

Local elections 2022: your complete guide to the votes happening across the UK on May 5
A polling station sign hangs on a wire fence outside a building
Local elections

Local elections 2022: your complete guide to the votes happening across the UK on May 5

Former Tory minister reveals he's voting for Labour in the local elections - and did in 1997 too
Nick Boles
Local elections

Former Tory minister reveals he's voting for Labour in the local elections - and did in 1997 too

Shell’s profits have soared to £7.3bn as the energy crisis leaves families unable to pay their bills
Shell sign
Energy crisis

Shell’s profits have soared to £7.3bn as the energy crisis leaves families unable to pay their bills

'Significant concerns' over Ukraine refugees becoming homeless in UK
Ukraine
Homelessness

'Significant concerns' over Ukraine refugees becoming homeless in UK

Why food prices are increasing so much
UK cost of living inflation
Cost of living crisis

Why food prices are increasing so much

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
These people are ‘levelling up’ their area by renovating derelict homes and renting them out on the cheap
East Marsh United gone from litter picking to renting
Community activism

These people are ‘levelling up’ their area by renovating derelict homes and renting them out on the cheap

Charities are taking legal action against the government over its plans to send refugees to Rwanda
Home Secretary Priti Patel and Minister Biruta sign the migration and economic development partnership between the UK and Rwanda
Home Office

Charities are taking legal action against the government over its plans to send refugees to Rwanda

Mums Stronger Together: How business leaders are tackling maternal mental health stigma
Today is World Maternal Mental Health Day
Mental Health

Mums Stronger Together: How business leaders are tackling maternal mental health stigma

'Politics needs to be real': Why more independent candidates are standing in this year's local elections
Politics

'Politics needs to be real': Why more independent candidates are standing in this year's local elections