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'We need protection': How AI, algorithms and oppressive digital tech are pushing workers to the brink
Worker's rights

'We need protection': How AI, algorithms and oppressive digital tech are pushing workers to the brink

Food bank says people are turning to sex work and taking out dangerous loans due to cost of living
earlsfield food bank
Cost of living crisis

Food bank says people are turning to sex work and taking out dangerous loans due to cost of living

Food banks are helping hundreds of thousands of UK children to survive, data shows
food banks
Cost of living crisis

Food banks are helping hundreds of thousands of UK children to survive, data shows

How Suella Braverman's callous tent crackdown has inspired people to tackle homelessness
Suella Braverman
Rough sleeping

How Suella Braverman's callous tent crackdown has inspired people to tackle homelessness

King's Speech shows government has 'no plan' to end rough sleeping or tackle long-term problems
King's Speech
King's Speech

King's Speech shows government has 'no plan' to end rough sleeping or tackle long-term problems

Suella Braverman told tent crackdown will see people ‘dying on the streets’
Suella Braverman has sparked a furious backlash
Rough sleeping

Suella Braverman told tent crackdown will see people ‘dying on the streets’

Support Big Issue vendors this Christmas with our Winter Support Kit
Big Issue Winter Support Kit launch at Christmas
Big Issue Christmas Campaign

Support Big Issue vendors this Christmas with our Winter Support Kit

Beavers are back in London’s waterways after 400 years away
Advertorial

Beavers are back in London’s waterways after 400 years away

Migrants may be forced into destitution as UK hikes visa renewal fees amid cost of living
Immigration

Migrants may be forced into destitution as UK hikes visa renewal fees amid cost of living

Neighbours band together to tackle energy bills and show how climate action starts at home
The people of Balsall Heath in Birmingham have come together to battle energy bill and the climate crisis
Climate crisis

Neighbours band together to tackle energy bills and show how climate action starts at home

Axed bus routes, congested trains and broken promises: Is Leeds the UK's worst-connected city?
The North
Transport

Axed bus routes, congested trains and broken promises: Is Leeds the UK's worst-connected city?

These Right to Roam activists are fighting landlords to open up UK's green spaces to all
Right to roam protest
the future of travel

These Right to Roam activists are fighting landlords to open up UK's green spaces to all

Meet the Brits going without heating this winter as fuel poverty skyrockets: 'I'm terrified'
Close Up Of Senior Woman In Wheelchair With Energy Bill By Radiator In Cost Of Living Energy Crisis
Fuel poverty

Meet the Brits going without heating this winter as fuel poverty skyrockets: 'I'm terrified'

Homelessness is never a lifestyle choice: Big Issue's reaction to Suella Braverman comments
Homelessness

Homelessness is never a lifestyle choice: Big Issue's reaction to Suella Braverman comments

Woke or anti-woke? Culture wars are poisoning society and politics, eye-opening study finds
Culture wars

Woke or anti-woke? Culture wars are poisoning society and politics, eye-opening study finds

'We're living in a nightmare': Iraqi refugee family evicted into homelessness has lost 'all sense of safety' in UK
Special report

'We're living in a nightmare': Iraqi refugee family evicted into homelessness has lost 'all sense of safety' in UK

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Disabled nurse 'feels guilty being alive' as her family struggles with devastating cost of living
Laura Smith and family
Cost of living crisis

Disabled nurse 'feels guilty being alive' as her family struggles with devastating cost of living

'Fireworks sound like war': Ex-RAF member with PTSD warns of bonfire night's impact on veterans
veteran/ firworks
Veterans

'Fireworks sound like war': Ex-RAF member with PTSD warns of bonfire night's impact on veterans

Care leavers find it much harder to get a job – but any company would be lucky to have us
Employment

Care leavers find it much harder to get a job – but any company would be lucky to have us

Councils plead with Jeremy Hunt for urgent cash boost to keep families off the streets
temporary accommodation
Homelessness

Councils plead with Jeremy Hunt for urgent cash boost to keep families off the streets

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