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Naming, shaming and failing: Punishments for firms paying below minimum wage have little impact
Shame poster held at London Fashion Week
Employment

Naming, shaming and failing: Punishments for firms paying below minimum wage have little impact

Children in care are being handcuffed on their way to school and foster homes
Children in care can be handcuffed under the law as a last resort
Social care

Children in care are being handcuffed on their way to school and foster homes

Kanye West wants to create a Universal Basic Income by selling shares in himself
kanye west universal basic income
News

Kanye West wants to create a Universal Basic Income by selling shares in himself

Boris Johnson’s COP26 flight was ‘unavoidable’, apparently
COP26

Boris Johnson’s COP26 flight was ‘unavoidable’, apparently

One mention of fossil fuels and lots of ‘urging’: The COP26 draft agreement explained
COP26

One mention of fossil fuels and lots of ‘urging’: The COP26 draft agreement explained

Evictions tripled in the three months after ban ended
evictions
Housing

Evictions tripled in the three months after ban ended

Scurvy and malnutrition in the UK have doubled since 2010
A doctor listening to a child's back through a stethoscope. Poverty
Poverty

Scurvy and malnutrition in the UK have doubled since 2010

Sir Geoffrey Cox ‘should resign’ over two homes revelations
Politics

Sir Geoffrey Cox ‘should resign’ over two homes revelations

'Male, stale and pale': COP26 leaves young people out in the cold
Environment

'Male, stale and pale': COP26 leaves young people out in the cold

The real COP26: Activists, campaigners and the public on why they came to Glasgow
COP26 protestors and campaigners
Environment

The real COP26: Activists, campaigners and the public on why they came to Glasgow

Why is the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on a hunger strike?
nazanin zaghari-ratcliffe husband, richard
Politics

Why is the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on a hunger strike?

UN set to take 'future generations' movement global
future generations
News

UN set to take 'future generations' movement global

'Go away': COP26 projectionist gets really fed-up with anti-fracking activists' stunt
Activism

'Go away': COP26 projectionist gets really fed-up with anti-fracking activists' stunt

How The Big Issue helped bring online laughter classes to locked-down Brits
social enterprise
News

How The Big Issue helped bring online laughter classes to locked-down Brits

Women's groups threaten Priti Patel with legal action over 'inadequate' Sarah Everard inquiry
Activism

Women's groups threaten Priti Patel with legal action over 'inadequate' Sarah Everard inquiry

Will the Environment Bill stop sewage being dumped in rivers? - and how did MPs vote?
Environment

Will the Environment Bill stop sewage being dumped in rivers? - and how did MPs vote?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Former MP says system for declaring second jobs is 'designed to obstruct transparency'
Politics

Former MP says system for declaring second jobs is 'designed to obstruct transparency'

Why climate change hits women harder than men
Environment

Why climate change hits women harder than men

Jeremy Corbyn hits out at COP26 'greenwashing'
Jeremy Corbyn at COP26
Environment

Jeremy Corbyn hits out at COP26 'greenwashing'

Gove: Leaseholders shouldn't pay to remove flammable cladding from homes
Housing

Gove: Leaseholders shouldn't pay to remove flammable cladding from homes