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Food shortages: Is Boris Johnson treating the UK like one big Tesco?
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak unload crates at Tesco
News

Food shortages: Is Boris Johnson treating the UK like one big Tesco?

Up to 1.5 million fuel poor households don't qualify for the warm home discount
Up to 1.5m fuel poor households don't qualify for the warm home discount. Image: Nenad Stojkovic / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Social Justice

Up to 1.5 million fuel poor households don't qualify for the warm home discount

Labour shortage: UK needs 1.1 million people to fill record job vacancies
Employment

Labour shortage: UK needs 1.1 million people to fill record job vacancies

4 things to remember from the damning review of the UK's Covid response
Ethnic minority communities and disabled people were among those left behind by the UK Covid response, MPs said.
Politics

4 things to remember from the damning review of the UK's Covid response

Universal credit: What is it and why does the £20 cut matter?
Three pound coins sit in a pile on top of a £5 note. The Big Issue explains Universal Credit
Social Justice

Universal credit: What is it and why does the £20 cut matter?

The problems with BT's £50m 888 app to protect women on their way home
police crime sentencing and courts bill
Social Justice

The problems with BT's £50m 888 app to protect women on their way home

A 'secret museum' aims to showcase the real story of homelessness during Covid
Homeless deaths tribute London
Housing

A 'secret museum' aims to showcase the real story of homelessness during Covid

More than 50 organisations call on government to prevent impending 'mass homelessness crisis'
Housing

More than 50 organisations call on government to prevent impending 'mass homelessness crisis'

'My parents tried to pray for me': How prejudice is driving LGBTQ+ homelessness
LGBTQ+ homelessness
Social Justice

'My parents tried to pray for me': How prejudice is driving LGBTQ+ homelessness

Want to know what career is right for you? These TikTok day-in-the-life videos are here to inspire you
Employment

Want to know what career is right for you? These TikTok day-in-the-life videos are here to inspire you

Meet the campaigner launching the 'Uber for homelessness'
Amy Varle homelessness
Housing

Meet the campaigner launching the 'Uber for homelessness'

Volunteer-led homeless outreach team having to expand as crisis worsens
Housing

Volunteer-led homeless outreach team having to expand as crisis worsens

How much you would get in universal credit if you lost your job today
universal credit
Social Justice

How much you would get in universal credit if you lost your job today

Boris Johnson spoke more about Churchill than climate change policy in conference speech
Environment

Boris Johnson spoke more about Churchill than climate change policy in conference speech

Food banks are already running out of food and say it's going to get worse
universal credit food banks
Social Justice

Food banks are already running out of food and say it's going to get worse

London buses transformed into healthcare and support hubs for people sleeping rough
London mayor Sadiq Khan and Change Please CEO Cemal Ezel on one of the Driving For Change buses. Image: Cachella Smith
Housing

London buses transformed into healthcare and support hubs for people sleeping rough

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Just two regions in England have affordable rents for poorest families
The worst-affected areas were London, the south west and the east of England, where the poorest households shelled out over 50% of their monthly income on even the cheapest available rents.
Housing

Just two regions in England have affordable rents for poorest families

Thérèse Coffey criticised for singing 'Time of My Life' at karaoke amid universal credit cut
universal credit and benefits
Politics

Thérèse Coffey criticised for singing 'Time of My Life' at karaoke amid universal credit cut

How many lies has Boris Johnson told from the Conservative Party conference?
Politics

How many lies has Boris Johnson told from the Conservative Party conference?

Striking Uber drivers demand end to ‘racist’ facial recognition software
Uber drivers and members of Union IWGB protest outside Uber HQ in London holding a banner saying
Employment

Striking Uber drivers demand end to ‘racist’ facial recognition software

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