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Environment Bill will ban peat compost and bring back wildcats
Environment Bill: Wildcats were driven to extinction in England more than 200 years ago.
Environment

Environment Bill will ban peat compost and bring back wildcats

200,000 people denied universal credit because of their partner’s income
Around 50,000 people were ineligible for universal credit because of their migration status
Social Justice

200,000 people denied universal credit because of their partner’s income

'A great comfort to her': Richard Madeley on dementia and his mother's faith
Richard Madeley for Dementia Action Week
News

'A great comfort to her': Richard Madeley on dementia and his mother's faith

UK Government unmoved on universal basic income pilot after Wales leads way
Universal Basic Income doesn't tempt Therese Coffey or Rishi Sunak
Employment

UK Government unmoved on universal basic income pilot after Wales leads way

Future Generations Bill at 'pivotal point' in Lords debut
Future Generations
Politics

Future Generations Bill at 'pivotal point' in Lords debut

Government has one year to fix Grenfell cladding scandal, says Labour
cladding at Grenfell Tower
Housing

Government has one year to fix Grenfell cladding scandal, says Labour

Fight poverty to support people in Covid hotspots, say experts
Deane in Bolton, where Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people are more than double the national average. poverty
Social Justice

Fight poverty to support people in Covid hotspots, say experts

Dementia in lockdown: 'When someone knocked, he forgot to social distance'
dementia action week. Ann warned others in her and John's position might not know about the financial support they are entitled to.
News

Dementia in lockdown: 'When someone knocked, he forgot to social distance'

How to stop robots from taking over your job
Employment

How to stop robots from taking over your job

UK sends thousands of tonnes of plastic to Turkey to be burned every year
Yenidam, Seyhan, Adana Province, Turkey. Investigation into plastic waste that is dumped and burned in Turkey. The team found plastic packaging from UK, German and global food and drinks brands and supermarkets. Image credit: Greenpeace
Environment

UK sends thousands of tonnes of plastic to Turkey to be burned every year

Boris Johnson urged to ban plastic waste exports as majority of Brits opposed
Wasteminster is the launch film for Greenpeace's 2021 campaign against the UK's waste exports to other countries. Voiced by impressionists Matt Forde and Jon Culshaw, the film features Boris Johnson being engulfed in a wave of plastic while giving a speech in Downing Street. Producers Park Village and Studio Birthplace used a bespoke VFX simulation to create the dynamic flow of 1.8 million kilos of plastic - the amount of waste the UK exports to other countries every day. Image credit: Greenpeace
Environment

Boris Johnson urged to ban plastic waste exports as majority of Brits opposed

James O'Brien: 'In therapy I felt my armour flaking away'
Outspoken radio show host James O'Brien. Image credit: Ula Soltys
News

James O'Brien: 'In therapy I felt my armour flaking away'

ExcludedUK: Many fear homelessness after a year without support
ExcludedUK member Martin Jacobs
News

ExcludedUK: Many fear homelessness after a year without support

How Big Issue Invest is supporting projects and providing work
Image credit: Goldfinger Factory
Employment

How Big Issue Invest is supporting projects and providing work

How do we save our local banks after Covid?
Rainy day fund: Metro Bank says despite digital services people still want to visit a branch Photo: Richard M Lee/Shutterstock
News

How do we save our local banks after Covid?

UK pays nurses less than France, Ireland, US and more
A nurse pushing an empty wheelchair down a hospital corridor, facing away from the corridor. Around 300,000 nurses did unpaid overtime during the pandemic.
News

UK pays nurses less than France, Ireland, US and more

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Water companies are ‘main cause of microplastic pollution’ in UK rivers
An assemblage of microplastic particles from a contaminated river bed. The large microbead at lower left is about 200 microns in diameter. Image credit: Jiawei Li
Environment

Water companies are ‘main cause of microplastic pollution’ in UK rivers

Glasgow protestors surround immigration van to stop Home Office raids
Locals surrounding the Home Office van where two people were reportedly being detained. Image: Benjamin Thomas White
Activism

Glasgow protestors surround immigration van to stop Home Office raids

Is a universal basic income coming to Wales? Campaigners say now is the time
Universal Basic Income
Employment

Is a universal basic income coming to Wales? Campaigners say now is the time

Job seekers grappling with financial and mental health impact of pandemic
Two people at the Jobcentre. Brits and grappling with financial and mental health impact of unemployment. Image credit: J J Ellison / Wikimedia Commons
Employment

Job seekers grappling with financial and mental health impact of pandemic