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Kent Tories slammed over universal credit cut 'sweepstake'
Kent Cllr Paul Bartlett, who revealed Tory councillors had organised a sweepstake as to when the universal credit cut would be mentioned at a town hall meeting.
Politics

Kent Tories slammed over universal credit cut 'sweepstake'

Rachel Riley: 'Every country is going to benefit from a strong opposition'
Rachel Riley, photo: Alan Strutt
Politics

Rachel Riley: 'Every country is going to benefit from a strong opposition'

Virtual healthcare is discriminatory and breaches Equality Act, say charities
digital inclusion
Social Justice

Virtual healthcare is discriminatory and breaches Equality Act, say charities

£1,000 minimum wage rise will only be worth £265 for full-time workers on universal credit
Cleaner sweeps the floor inside an office building
Employment

£1,000 minimum wage rise will only be worth £265 for full-time workers on universal credit

BAME social entrepreneurs are booming but struggle for funding
Two black women look at a laptop together
Activism

BAME social entrepreneurs are booming but struggle for funding

Family left with sewage running down kitchen walls for months
Renting Dawn Page
Housing

Family left with sewage running down kitchen walls for months

What is greenwashing and what can you do about it?
Final Day of Impossible Rebellion - March for Nature, London 4th September 2021
Environment

What is greenwashing and what can you do about it?

Budget 2021: What to expect from Rishi Sunak's latest update on the UK's spending
rishi sunak
Politics

Budget 2021: What to expect from Rishi Sunak's latest update on the UK's spending

How much will it cost to save the planet?
$50 trillion - the cost of saving the planet
Environment

How much will it cost to save the planet?

'Severe' skills shortage threatens UK’s long-term environment goals
Environment

'Severe' skills shortage threatens UK’s long-term environment goals

Government announces £65m fund to support struggling renters
rent
Housing

Government announces £65m fund to support struggling renters

Charities call for multifaceted approach to help ex-offenders into work
Chancellor Rishi Sunak visits a branch of Timpson, where 10 per cent of the workforce are ex-offenders.
Employment

Charities call for multifaceted approach to help ex-offenders into work

Private renters fear landlords won’t claim grant to upgrade boilers and cut energy costs
Friends of the Earth said £5,000 grants to upgrade boilers will “only incentivise the best-off households”. 
Environment

Private renters fear landlords won’t claim grant to upgrade boilers and cut energy costs

COP26: When is the Glasgow climate change conference and what is it for?
Boris Johnson at the launch of COP26. Image: Andrew Parsons / No10 Downing Street
Environment

COP26: When is the Glasgow climate change conference and what is it for?

‘Do it for the children’: Families plead with Sunak to reverse universal credit cut
universal credit
Social Justice

‘Do it for the children’: Families plead with Sunak to reverse universal credit cut

Fire and rehire: Government blocks bill to protect workers
fire and rehire
Employment

Fire and rehire: Government blocks bill to protect workers

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Tory MPs vote to allow water firms to carry on dumping sewage in rivers
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)
Environment

Tory MPs vote to allow water firms to carry on dumping sewage in rivers

Net zero: Thousands of northern households could be left out in the cold
Environment

Net zero: Thousands of northern households could be left out in the cold

‘They took away my future’: Teenager forced to quit college after universal credit cut
Universal credit
Social Justice

‘They took away my future’: Teenager forced to quit college after universal credit cut

Almost one million households are in rent arrears and facing a homelessness crisis
renting debts
News

Almost one million households are in rent arrears and facing a homelessness crisis

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