Marcus Rashford, Emma Thompson and more urge PM to review free school meals
Social Justice

Marcus Rashford, Emma Thompson and more urge PM to review free school meals

Will the 48-hour working week be scrapped?
An apprentice engineer studies charts with his supervisor
Employment

Will the 48-hour working week be scrapped?

Millions in funding for kid's health 'unaccounted for' in sugar tax dispute
Social Justice

Millions in funding for kid's health 'unaccounted for' in sugar tax dispute

Government has 'moral duty' to give homeless priority on vaccines
Kelly Heney gets access to Covid-19 vaccinations
Housing

Government has 'moral duty' to give homeless priority on vaccines

The 'impossible choice' of being a working mum in lockdown
Gemma Whates is trying to run a business and home school her two boys.
Employment

The 'impossible choice' of being a working mum in lockdown

Wikipedia at 20: What next for the world's biggest collection of information?
News

Wikipedia at 20: What next for the world's biggest collection of information?

Working parents seek childcare support after being denied furlough
Employment

Working parents seek childcare support after being denied furlough

No free school meals at half term, says Government
Brown paper bags lined up. The Government has refused to extend free school meals into half term
Social Justice

No free school meals at half term, says Government

Redbridge Council follow Oldham to vaccinate rough sleepers
Efforts are being made to vaccinate homeless people
Housing

Redbridge Council follow Oldham to vaccinate rough sleepers

Donate your old laptop to schools in lockdown with this online map
Opened old laptop on white table and metal wrench could
Activism

Donate your old laptop to schools in lockdown with this online map

Lack of laptops for remote learning is pushing families to the brink
young activists ask questions about their future for The Big Issue Wellbeing Week
Social Justice

Lack of laptops for remote learning is pushing families to the brink

Free school meals: Food Foundation demands urgent review of Government policy
A small amount of food laid out after being delivered to replace free school meals for two weeks for a child
Social Justice

Free school meals: Food Foundation demands urgent review of Government policy

Homeless couple given Covid-19 vaccine in Oldham 'world first'
Lee Ullha becomes first homeless person to receive Covid-19 vaccine
Housing

Homeless couple given Covid-19 vaccine in Oldham 'world first'

Rising in-work and benefit poverty ‘a damning indictment of society’ - report
Site: Images Money @ Flickr. Six million families are at risk of losing more than £1,000 a year if Universal Credit is cut
Social Justice

Rising in-work and benefit poverty ‘a damning indictment of society’ - report

Ministers refuse to investigate benefit poverty amid free school meals uproar
cans and boxes of food sit on a shelf. children in poverty are being offered tiny amounts in parcels sent to replace free school meals
Social Justice

Ministers refuse to investigate benefit poverty amid free school meals uproar

Homeless to key worker: The social enterprise turning people's lives around
Beam has successfully placed 88 homeless individuals into key worker positions
Employment

Homeless to key worker: The social enterprise turning people's lives around

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Eddie Izzard: It’s time to make humanity great again
Eddie Izzard appears on the cover of The Big Issue
Activism

Eddie Izzard: It’s time to make humanity great again

Arnie gives rousing defence of democracy and takes aim at Trump
Arnold Schwarzenegger giving a speech in front of an American and Californian flag
Politics

Arnie gives rousing defence of democracy and takes aim at Trump

Government threatened with legal action over lockdown schooling 'failures'
News

Government threatened with legal action over lockdown schooling 'failures'

‘Nightmare’ lockdown leaves Big Issue vendors without work again
Big Issue vendor Lee Welham from Cambridge
News

‘Nightmare’ lockdown leaves Big Issue vendors without work again