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Tories accused of playing Big Brother with bill giving DWP powers to 'snoop' on bank accounts
spying
Department for Work and Pensions

Tories accused of playing Big Brother with bill giving DWP powers to 'snoop' on bank accounts

This is what 'clearing' UK asylum backlog looks like: Homeless refugees in the cold needing help
asylum backlog, new horizon, london
Immigration

This is what 'clearing' UK asylum backlog looks like: Homeless refugees in the cold needing help

Rebuilding Ukraine and fighting forced evictions: These projects will give you hope in 2024
fighting the housing crisis and evictions in Jakarta
World Habitat Awards

Rebuilding Ukraine and fighting forced evictions: These projects will give you hope in 2024

Big Issue vendor Will Payne hangs up his tabard for new job as a street cleaner: 'I love it'
Big Issue vendor Will Payne
Our Vendors

Big Issue vendor Will Payne hangs up his tabard for new job as a street cleaner: 'I love it'

'Irreversible harm' done as Home Office resumes forcing refugees onto streets after Christmas pause
Immigration

'Irreversible harm' done as Home Office resumes forcing refugees onto streets after Christmas pause

No excuse for shoplifting due to 'generous' UK benefits system, minister says. Here's the reality
shoplifting
Cost of living crisis

No excuse for shoplifting due to 'generous' UK benefits system, minister says. Here's the reality

Average UK household faces £17,200 of debt by 2026: 'We can't afford a Tory government any longer'
debt worries
Cost of living crisis

Average UK household faces £17,200 of debt by 2026: 'We can't afford a Tory government any longer'

5 ways to fix a broken UK – from universal credit to an urgent general election
UK prime minister Rishi Sunak
Hope for 2024

5 ways to fix a broken UK – from universal credit to an urgent general election

DWP benefits payment dates to expect in January 2024 – with changes over the New Year
Benefits

DWP benefits payment dates to expect in January 2024 – with changes over the New Year

Thousands of refugees left destitute as Rishi Sunak boasts of clearing asylum backlog
Immigration

Thousands of refugees left destitute as Rishi Sunak boasts of clearing asylum backlog

Will Trump win? Are the Tories finished? The man behind Jonathan Pie predicts politics in 2024
Jonathan Pie promo shot for heroes and villains tour
Politics

Will Trump win? Are the Tories finished? The man behind Jonathan Pie predicts politics in 2024

How traditional crafts like clog making and sign-writing are providing an alternative to the 9 to 5
REBECCA STRUTHERS, Watchmaker &; historian, STAFFORDSHIRE
Alternative careers

How traditional crafts like clog making and sign-writing are providing an alternative to the 9 to 5

TUC chief Paul Nowak on activism, cost of living crisis and what's next for UK's workforce
Paul Nowak
Activism

TUC chief Paul Nowak on activism, cost of living crisis and what's next for UK's workforce

New Year Honours list: Emilia Clarke and her mum made MBEs for setting up brain injury charity
New Year Honours

New Year Honours list: Emilia Clarke and her mum made MBEs for setting up brain injury charity

From Boris to Starmer: The man behind Jonathan Pie takes on 2023's wildest political moments
Jonathan Pie
Politics

From Boris to Starmer: The man behind Jonathan Pie takes on 2023's wildest political moments

Sewage has made Britain a laughing stock. We need to pull our fingers out and rescue our rivers
sewage
James Wallace

Sewage has made Britain a laughing stock. We need to pull our fingers out and rescue our rivers

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
2024 is a chance to reject politicians' migrant blame game at the ballot box
UK Jamaica policy
Immigration

2024 is a chance to reject politicians' migrant blame game at the ballot box

UK government spent millions defending its Rwanda plan. Here's how that money could be better spent
Rishi Sunak and James Cleverly have been trying to get the Rwanda scheme off the ground
A modest proposal

UK government spent millions defending its Rwanda plan. Here's how that money could be better spent

I was groomed by drug gangs and forced into slavery, aged 9. I'm lucky to have made it out alive
modern slavery
Modern slavery

I was groomed by drug gangs and forced into slavery, aged 9. I'm lucky to have made it out alive

2023 was very, very tough for disabled people – but we can’t let the Tories win
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Rachel Charlton-Dailey

2023 was very, very tough for disabled people – but we can’t let the Tories win