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This map reveals how much raw sewage is being dumped into your local river
A river in some woodlands
Environment

This map reveals how much raw sewage is being dumped into your local river

Health inequalities: How does your area of England compare to others?
levelling up
Social Justice

Health inequalities: How does your area of England compare to others?

What is a heat pump and should you get one?
A man in a white shirt uses a radiator key
Environment

What is a heat pump and should you get one?

'What kidnappers do' - DWP forcing universal credit claimants to pose for photo with daily paper
universal credit
Social Justice

'What kidnappers do' - DWP forcing universal credit claimants to pose for photo with daily paper

Insulate Britain defends protests and says 'conventional activism' has failed
Activism

Insulate Britain defends protests and says 'conventional activism' has failed

Moving private renters into social homes could save the government £2billion a year
social homes
Housing

Moving private renters into social homes could save the government £2billion a year

Water companies say they don't know how much sewage they're dumping in rivers
Environment

Water companies say they don't know how much sewage they're dumping in rivers

'We need business rates reform not crippling hikes' trade groups tell Rishi Sunak ahead of Budget
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will deliver his Budget later this month. Image credit: HM Treasury/Flickr
News

'We need business rates reform not crippling hikes' trade groups tell Rishi Sunak ahead of Budget

Children in poverty 70% more likely to develop asthma for life
Child with asthma
Social Justice

Children in poverty 70% more likely to develop asthma for life

Climate campaigners slam decision to cut thousands of railway jobs
Great Western Railway train at Paddington Station
Employment

Climate campaigners slam decision to cut thousands of railway jobs

How Occupy London turned a Big Issue seller into the Lord of St Paul's
Jimmy McMahon on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral, February 2012. Image: Paul Davey Photo: Paul Davey
Activism

How Occupy London turned a Big Issue seller into the Lord of St Paul's

Women and LGBTQ+ people in Afghanistan are still waiting for the UK refugees scheme to open
Priti Patel said the scheme would accept 20,000 people from Afghanistan.
Social Justice

Women and LGBTQ+ people in Afghanistan are still waiting for the UK refugees scheme to open

Bin workers in Glasgow to strike when world leaders visit for global climate event COP26
Boris Johnson at the launch of COP26. Image: Andrew Parsons / No10 Downing Street
Employment

Bin workers in Glasgow to strike when world leaders visit for global climate event COP26

Prince William says fixing climate change more important than space tourism
Elon Musk's SpaceX Demo-2 launch in May 2020. Image: Daniel Oberhaus (2020) (CC BY 2.0)
Environment

Prince William says fixing climate change more important than space tourism

It's been 10 years since the Occupy protests. What did they achieve?
Protesters wearing masks at the Occupy London protest outside St Paul s Cathedral in London Photo: David Pearson / Alamy Stock Photo
Activism

It's been 10 years since the Occupy protests. What did they achieve?

Make breakfast clubs a priority in child poverty fight, government told
Rachel de Souza talking about child poverty
Social Justice

Make breakfast clubs a priority in child poverty fight, government told

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Rent arrears ‘much worse than feared’ ahead of UK cost of living crisis
Couple arguing over rent arrears
Housing

Rent arrears ‘much worse than feared’ ahead of UK cost of living crisis

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