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Food delivery drivers are taking part in the UK's 'longest ever gig economy strike'
Strike action

Food delivery drivers are taking part in the UK's 'longest ever gig economy strike'

Mum and daughter to spend Christmas in hotel after waiting months for sewage leak to be fixed
Renting Dawn Page
Housing

Mum and daughter to spend Christmas in hotel after waiting months for sewage leak to be fixed

From jobs to school, this is the real-world impact of not being online
digital inclusion
digital inclusion

From jobs to school, this is the real-world impact of not being online

What is hybrid working? Is it the future?
Future of work

What is hybrid working? Is it the future?

On the ground with 2,000 refugees spending Christmas in Calais
Imogen Hardman

On the ground with 2,000 refugees spending Christmas in Calais

Prince Charles and Camilla visit south London food bank ahead of Christmas
Prince Charles and Camilla at the Wandsworth Foodbank
Food banks

Prince Charles and Camilla visit south London food bank ahead of Christmas

Grenfell campaigners step up calls for criminal charges
Grenfell Tower
Grenfell

Grenfell campaigners step up calls for criminal charges

Meet ex-homeless man ‘Mr Christmas’ who has decorated his house with 17,500 lights for charity
Mark Abbott formerly homeless now has Christmas lights
Christmas

Meet ex-homeless man ‘Mr Christmas’ who has decorated his house with 17,500 lights for charity

‘Like something out of The Thick of It’: Tories blast PM’s leadership ahead of Covid vote
boris johnson
Government

‘Like something out of The Thick of It’: Tories blast PM’s leadership ahead of Covid vote

Food delivery riders to TfL drivers: The strikes you should know about this winter
Strike action

Food delivery riders to TfL drivers: The strikes you should know about this winter

Why a handful of UK landowners hold the keys to the climate crisis
Land ownership

Why a handful of UK landowners hold the keys to the climate crisis

Priti Patel threatened with legal action if she doesn't give up control of Windrush compensation scheme
Windrush

Priti Patel threatened with legal action if she doesn't give up control of Windrush compensation scheme

Voter ID plans could stop a million people from voting, say MPs
voter id
Elections

Voter ID plans could stop a million people from voting, say MPs

Drop a gift under Social Bite’s Christmas trees to help homeless people this winter
Social Bite
Christmas

Drop a gift under Social Bite’s Christmas trees to help homeless people this winter

Omicron: Everything you need to know about the new coronavirus variant
omicron
Coronavirus

Omicron: Everything you need to know about the new coronavirus variant

Manchester City fans can now get housing advice at home games
Manchester City
Activism

Manchester City fans can now get housing advice at home games

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How the Black Education Movement took on the racist schools system
Race

How the Black Education Movement took on the racist schools system

Freeports will not save Christmas. Sorry
Freeport - image of ship
Business

Freeports will not save Christmas. Sorry

I was unemployed for nearly 20 years - mental health support changed my life
Unemployment

I was unemployed for nearly 20 years - mental health support changed my life

Female students are still avoiding nights out for fear of sexual assault
drink spiking
Violence against women

Female students are still avoiding nights out for fear of sexual assault