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Andy Burnham to turn Greater Manchester into first living wage city region
Andy Burnham on a real living wage
Employment

Andy Burnham to turn Greater Manchester into first living wage city region

6 ways to get finance and careers help as covid restrictions ease
Employment

6 ways to get finance and careers help as covid restrictions ease

Majority of food bank users are disabled in 'abject failure' of state support
An aerial view of a woman packing food parcels at a food bank. Nearly half of people using food banks last year were in debt to the government
Social Justice

Majority of food bank users are disabled in 'abject failure' of state support

Fancy a black mould ice cream? Renters to give out scoops in landlord protest
Renters have created eviction ice creams
Housing

Fancy a black mould ice cream? Renters to give out scoops in landlord protest

'Stop fossil fuels or get out our city': Spoof ads in Liverpool target bank
Activism

'Stop fossil fuels or get out our city': Spoof ads in Liverpool target bank

700,000 households don’t receive enough from universal credit to pay rent
Universal Credit money not covering rent
News

700,000 households don’t receive enough from universal credit to pay rent

Nearly one million job vacancies available across the UK as lockdown eases
Employment

Nearly one million job vacancies available across the UK as lockdown eases

Queen’s speech: New laws pledged for the year ahead - and what was left out
The Queen
Politics

Queen’s speech: New laws pledged for the year ahead - and what was left out

Voter ID: What does the new plan mean for voters?
voter ID
Politics

Voter ID: What does the new plan mean for voters?

Voter ID is a ‘real threat’ to marginalised groups
voter id
Politics

Voter ID is a ‘real threat’ to marginalised groups

The future of work: Why The Big Issue has published a special edition
1461 future of work
Employment

The future of work: Why The Big Issue has published a special edition

'Going cashless has paid off': Big Issue sellers bounce back after lockdown
Big Issue vendor Dave's sales have been helped by going cashless. Image: Louise Haywood-Schiefer
News

'Going cashless has paid off': Big Issue sellers bounce back after lockdown

'The time I met Fred Hampton and the Black Panthers'
Voice of the people. Hampton and Dr Benjamin Spock attend a rally against the trial of eight people accused of plotting a riot in Chicago in October 1969. Hampton was assassinated less than two months later Image credit: Esk/AP/Shutterstock
Social Justice

'The time I met Fred Hampton and the Black Panthers'

These period poverty campaigners want to make you angry
The period poverty film is based on neurological evidence of anger as a driver for change.
Social Justice

These period poverty campaigners want to make you angry

'Ministers are failing us' say campaigners as London flats go up in flames
New Providence Wharf Grenfell fire
Housing

'Ministers are failing us' say campaigners as London flats go up in flames

Charity shop platform Thriftify wants to help the UK shun fast fashion
Thriftify wants to help the UK shun fast fashion. Image credit: Supplied.
Activism

Charity shop platform Thriftify wants to help the UK shun fast fashion

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Has Robin Hood’s legendary silver arrow been found?
Robin Hood
News

Has Robin Hood’s legendary silver arrow been found?

Homeless groups brand Home Office rough sleeping deportation plans ‘inhumane’
deport rough sleepers
Housing

Homeless groups brand Home Office rough sleeping deportation plans ‘inhumane’

‘I feel like a failure’: Universal credit parents face mental health nosedive
The rise in need for universal credit rose more sharply in already deprived areas during the pandemic than in better-off areas, researchers said.
Social Justice

‘I feel like a failure’: Universal credit parents face mental health nosedive

Ian Wright: 'I didn’t realise how unhappy I was'
Ian Wright is fronting a new documentary. Image credit: BBC / Brook Lapping Productions / Dan Dewsbury
News

Ian Wright: 'I didn’t realise how unhappy I was'