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A Glasgow nightclub is using the body heat of dancers to power the venue
Environment

A Glasgow nightclub is using the body heat of dancers to power the venue

Afghan refugees given 'warm welcome' could have to live off £39 a week
News

Afghan refugees given 'warm welcome' could have to live off £39 a week

Businesses are queueing up to offer jobs to Afghan refugees
Signs saying refugees welcome
Employment

Businesses are queueing up to offer jobs to Afghan refugees

Ending free prescriptions for over-60s 'would widen health inequalities'
Social Justice

Ending free prescriptions for over-60s 'would widen health inequalities'

‘£20 cut would repeat past mistakes' universal credit campaigners tell PM
News

‘£20 cut would repeat past mistakes' universal credit campaigners tell PM

Afghanistan: Dominic Raab repeatedly refuses to say when he went on holiday
Politics

Afghanistan: Dominic Raab repeatedly refuses to say when he went on holiday

Government in court for ‘ignoring’ climate impact of BP oil drilling permit
Environment

Government in court for ‘ignoring’ climate impact of BP oil drilling permit

Scottish government urged to expand 4 day working week trial
Employment

Scottish government urged to expand 4 day working week trial

Wetherspoons has been hit with beer shortages due to Brexit and Covid
News

Wetherspoons has been hit with beer shortages due to Brexit and Covid

Cladding group blasts government ‘magic money tree’ over £8.6bn homes fund
Housing

Cladding group blasts government ‘magic money tree’ over £8.6bn homes fund

Olympics marathon star Eliud Kipchoge: 'Running is freedom'
News

Olympics marathon star Eliud Kipchoge: 'Running is freedom'

One million children in poverty denied free school meals
Social Justice

One million children in poverty denied free school meals

The Big Issue needs you to ask councils to Stop Mass Homelessness
Housing

The Big Issue needs you to ask councils to Stop Mass Homelessness

This is what it's like to spend 13 years battling for refugee status
Politics

This is what it's like to spend 13 years battling for refugee status

Art Refuge is creating a safe space for refugees on Napier Barracks' doorstep
News

Art Refuge is creating a safe space for refugees on Napier Barracks' doorstep

Undoing the false narrative on the refugee crisis, one coffee at a time
Activism

Undoing the false narrative on the refugee crisis, one coffee at a time

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Sunak plans pool, gym and tennis court at his mansion while cutting benefits
Social Justice

Sunak plans pool, gym and tennis court at his mansion while cutting benefits

Seven refugees, seven decades and what the historic UN treaty means to them
News

Seven refugees, seven decades and what the historic UN treaty means to them

People are rejecting a 'politics of hate' and offering refugees a home
Activism

People are rejecting a 'politics of hate' and offering refugees a home

Local shopkeepers fear post-Brexit food supply issues won't improve
News

Local shopkeepers fear post-Brexit food supply issues won't improve

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