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DWP is 'penalising' terminally ill people for 'not dying fast enough', campaigner warns
Mark Hughes
Benefits

DWP is 'penalising' terminally ill people for 'not dying fast enough', campaigner warns

Asylum seekers 'setting themselves on fire' due to conditions at Wethersfield immigration centre
Wethersfield
Immigration

Asylum seekers 'setting themselves on fire' due to conditions at Wethersfield immigration centre

Uncertainty over minister for disabled people role sparks backlash: 'What message does this send?'
dwp
DWP

Uncertainty over minister for disabled people role sparks backlash: 'What message does this send?'

'Diana used to give me a beautiful smile': The real story of The Big Issue vendor and Princess Diana
Big Issue vendor Frank McGucken in a Santa hat
Our Vendors

'Diana used to give me a beautiful smile': The real story of The Big Issue vendor and Princess Diana

Homeless refugees in Leeds skyrocket due to Home Office evictions: 'It's a humanitarian emergency'
Leeds, homeless
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Homeless refugees in Leeds skyrocket due to Home Office evictions: 'It's a humanitarian emergency'

'Ministers aren't interested in evidence': DWP sanctions are driving people to disability benefits
Pound coins on a piece of paper with disability living allowancve
Benefits

'Ministers aren't interested in evidence': DWP sanctions are driving people to disability benefits

Hundreds of thousands of people in England will spend this Christmas homeless: 'Out of control'
309,000 people are homeless in England say Shelter
Homelessness

Hundreds of thousands of people in England will spend this Christmas homeless: 'Out of control'

Human rights and rule of law under threat in UK after Rwanda bill vote, charities warn
Rwanda deportation flights protest
Immigration

Human rights and rule of law under threat in UK after Rwanda bill vote, charities warn

Trans Secret Santa: How a little bit of happiness over Christmas could save a trans person's life
Anthony Lexa
Christmas

Trans Secret Santa: How a little bit of happiness over Christmas could save a trans person's life

Bibby Stockholm: Death of asylum seeker on barge is devastating but 'not surprising', charity says
Bibby Stockholm
Bibby Stockholm

Bibby Stockholm: Death of asylum seeker on barge is devastating but 'not surprising', charity says

'Death certificate': Why COP28 climate summit is hanging by a thread over fossil fuel deadlock
Climate change

'Death certificate': Why COP28 climate summit is hanging by a thread over fossil fuel deadlock

Union leaders vow to resist Tories' 'unworkable and undemocratic' new anti-strike laws
Protesters hold up flags and placards at a protest in London on October 1, 2022.
Strikes

Union leaders vow to resist Tories' 'unworkable and undemocratic' new anti-strike laws

How the tragic death of a man in an overcrowded flat exposed the dire truth about slumlord Britain
Maddocks House flat after the fire
Maddocks House

How the tragic death of a man in an overcrowded flat exposed the dire truth about slumlord Britain

Risk of dying from cancer much higher in poorer areas of England, shameful study shows
manchester
Poverty

Risk of dying from cancer much higher in poorer areas of England, shameful study shows

Home Office's asylum accommodation policy 'creates problems', admits Michael Gove
michael gove
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Home Office's asylum accommodation policy 'creates problems', admits Michael Gove

A McDonald's security guard soaking a homeless man's blanket exemplifies stigma rough sleepers face
Homeless man argues with security guard mopping floor outside McDonald's restaurant in London
Rough Sleeping

A McDonald's security guard soaking a homeless man's blanket exemplifies stigma rough sleepers face

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
DWP using AI to assess benefit and universal credit claims poses 'significant risk', experts warn
ai
Benefits

DWP using AI to assess benefit and universal credit claims poses 'significant risk', experts warn

FoodCycle: The community meal where refugees, ex-prisoners and old friends break bread together
FoodCycle guest
Cost of living crisis

FoodCycle: The community meal where refugees, ex-prisoners and old friends break bread together

Ex-Big Issue vendor launches powerful Christmas single to help homeless people
Former Big Issue vendor Vernon Burgess
Homelessness

Ex-Big Issue vendor launches powerful Christmas single to help homeless people

Half of all homeless people have a brain injury. This project provides essential support
Illustration of a head silhouette and a brain with a red area
Health

Half of all homeless people have a brain injury. This project provides essential support