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“It's a hellish system”: the reality of life on Universal Credit
Food bank Trussell Trust
News

“It's a hellish system”: the reality of life on Universal Credit

No mean feet – Manchester charities receive a year's supply of socks
Housing

No mean feet – Manchester charities receive a year's supply of socks

Generous vendor raising £800 to help young people in India
Amber Smith vendor India
News

Generous vendor raising £800 to help young people in India

Jess Phillips: "I found early motherhood horrendous"
Jess Phillips
Politics

Jess Phillips: "I found early motherhood horrendous"

Blackadder actor blasts cunning plan to close Bristol libraries
Tony Robinson
News

Blackadder actor blasts cunning plan to close Bristol libraries

Big Issue Invest helps deliver a jobs boost for deprived areas with new fund
Big Issue Invest
Employment

Big Issue Invest helps deliver a jobs boost for deprived areas with new fund

Meet the matchwomen who paved the way for the suffragettes
Matchwomen strike
Social Justice

Meet the matchwomen who paved the way for the suffragettes

Eddie Izzard and Co target refugee reunion law fix with Unicef new film
Eddie Izzard
Social Justice

Eddie Izzard and Co target refugee reunion law fix with Unicef new film

John Bird joins panel stepping up the fight against rough sleeping
Housing

John Bird joins panel stepping up the fight against rough sleeping

Low pay, José? No way! Campaign for Manchester United to pay Real Living Wage
Jose Mourinho at Old Trafford
Social Justice

Low pay, José? No way! Campaign for Manchester United to pay Real Living Wage

Ewe are not alone: The campaigners flocking to tackle farmers’ mental illness
Farmer mental health
News

Ewe are not alone: The campaigners flocking to tackle farmers’ mental illness

One in four parents skipping meals to save cash
Packages of food are lined along shelves and on the floor in a food bank
Social Justice

One in four parents skipping meals to save cash

Meet the bin men who built their own library (and it wasn't rubbish!)
Ankara bin men library
News

Meet the bin men who built their own library (and it wasn't rubbish!)

What happens to the homeless refugees when the journalists go home?
Social Justice

What happens to the homeless refugees when the journalists go home?

Fresh fight for UK’s first drug consumption room
News

Fresh fight for UK’s first drug consumption room

Jeremy Corbyn: Labour will buy 8,000 homes to end rough sleeping
Jeremy Corbyn
Housing

Jeremy Corbyn: Labour will buy 8,000 homes to end rough sleeping

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Shocking new report shines light on growing child poverty scandal
Child poverty
Social Justice

Shocking new report shines light on growing child poverty scandal

Rough sleeping rises for seventh consecutive year
homeless rough sleeping tent
Housing

Rough sleeping rises for seventh consecutive year

Prescription drug dependency timebomb – government probe ordered
News

Prescription drug dependency timebomb – government probe ordered

Big Issue Invest cash helps to clear hospital bed backlog
Activism

Big Issue Invest cash helps to clear hospital bed backlog

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