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Majority of councils unable to help those in crisis after DWP's support fund ends next month
household support fund
Household support fund

Majority of councils unable to help those in crisis after DWP's support fund ends next month

Behind the secret birth of London's first baby beavers in 400 years – and what it means
A baby beaver swimming in the water
Rewilding

Behind the secret birth of London's first baby beavers in 400 years – and what it means

LGBTQ+ homelessness is a topic that's deeply personal for me – it's heartbreaking
Homelessness

LGBTQ+ homelessness is a topic that's deeply personal for me – it's heartbreaking

Three-quarters of Labour voters back a four-day working week: 'Brits are burnt out'
Four-Day Working Week

Three-quarters of Labour voters back a four-day working week: 'Brits are burnt out'

Ending a fixed term tenancy
a pile of cardboard moving boxes in front of a window. ending a fixed term tenancy
Renting

Ending a fixed term tenancy

Is subletting illegal?
a bed in a bedroom with a bedside table and lamp. is subletting illegal?
Renting

Is subletting illegal?

DWP cuts off benefits for 280,000 people over universal credit change: 'This is extremely worrying'
DWP
Benefits

DWP cuts off benefits for 280,000 people over universal credit change: 'This is extremely worrying'

Privately-educated athletes 'significantly over-represented' among Team GB's Olympic heroes
Stock image of a person competing in equestrian events
Paris Olympics 2024

Privately-educated athletes 'significantly over-represented' among Team GB's Olympic heroes

Rail company sparks outrage over 'profiteering' charge for water in London station: 'Total disgrace'
Water

Rail company sparks outrage over 'profiteering' charge for water in London station: 'Total disgrace'

Job market 'cooling' to pre-pandemic levels, experts say, as unemployment slowly falls
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Employment

Job market 'cooling' to pre-pandemic levels, experts say, as unemployment slowly falls

Brazil wants to tax the world's wealthiest 3,000 people. Here's how that money could change the world
Cost of living crisis protest, Enough is enough, UK protest
A Modest Proposal

Brazil wants to tax the world's wealthiest 3,000 people. Here's how that money could change the world

Millions of Brits made ill because their home is too hot, study finds – as UK faces heatwave
houses
Heatwave

Millions of Brits made ill because their home is too hot, study finds – as UK faces heatwave

Suffering a brain injury forced me out of work and onto benefits – it's a lonely thing to go through
scott and hayley after brain injury
Health

Suffering a brain injury forced me out of work and onto benefits – it's a lonely thing to go through

Single mum reveals how two-child benefit cap 'punishes' families like hers: 'We're struggling'
mum and child/ two-child benefit cap
Two-child benefit cap

Single mum reveals how two-child benefit cap 'punishes' families like hers: 'We're struggling'

Adventurer Aldo Kane on how climate change has ravaged the natural world – and who's to blame
Climate change

Adventurer Aldo Kane on how climate change has ravaged the natural world – and who's to blame

How big-hearted communities came together to clean-up after senseless UK riots
UK riots

How big-hearted communities came together to clean-up after senseless UK riots

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Here's the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down
UK riots

Here's the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down

Big Issue vendors left feeling anxious, frightened and 'scared to go out' in wake of UK riots
Our vendors

Big Issue vendors left feeling anxious, frightened and 'scared to go out' in wake of UK riots

Asylum system is completely broken, campaigners say, as number of refugees facing homelessness soars
Stock image shows tent on a street in London
Homelessness

Asylum system is completely broken, campaigners say, as number of refugees facing homelessness soars

Surge in babies dying before their first birthday, study finds – especially in deprived areas
baby
Health inequality

Surge in babies dying before their first birthday, study finds – especially in deprived areas

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