Social Justice

Jessie Buckley, Judi Dench and famous mums call on Mumsnet to demand maternity care in Gaza
Imelda Staunton, Joanna Lumley, Jessie Buckley and Judi Dench.
Gaza

Jessie Buckley, Judi Dench and famous mums call on Mumsnet to demand maternity care in Gaza

Famous actors have backed an open letter which urges Mumsnet to do more to encourage the UK government to demand maternity care can enter Gaza
What happens to undocumented migrants not lucky enough to be like Paddington Bear?
Migration

What happens to undocumented migrants not lucky enough to be like Paddington Bear?

Ending violence against women and girls needs action, not words, campaigners say
Domestic abuse

Ending violence against women and girls needs action, not words, campaigners say

How family hubs are helping families in poverty when they need it most: 'Money is never enough'
Family hubs

How family hubs are helping families in poverty when they need it most: 'Money is never enough'

HMRC mistakenly strips 17,000 parents of their child benefit: 'The impact of these errors is brutal'
Benefits

HMRC mistakenly strips 17,000 parents of their child benefit: 'The impact of these errors is brutal'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Labour's U-turn over digital ID plans raises more questions and concerns than answers
a person using a phone
Digital ID

Labour's U-turn over digital ID plans raises more questions and concerns than answers

Here's how the UK could actually ban Elon Musk's Grok and X – and what it would mean
Social media

Here's how the UK could actually ban Elon Musk's Grok and X – and what it would mean

Millions of Brits have no savings to fall back on in a crisis. Will a new £1bn government scheme help?
Image of Sarah
Cost of living

Millions of Brits have no savings to fall back on in a crisis. Will a new £1bn government scheme help?

Customers don't want Thames Water to be saved with a debt deal – they want it to be nationalised
Thames Water

Customers don't want Thames Water to be saved with a debt deal – they want it to be nationalised

Disability benefit claimants at risk of poverty because of 'poor service' from DWP, MPs warn
Pat McFadden, work and pensions secretary. Image: House of Commons/ Flickr
Poverty

Disability benefit claimants at risk of poverty because of 'poor service' from DWP, MPs warn

A lot of men think they're funnier with alcohol. Here's the sobering reality
Dry January

A lot of men think they're funnier with alcohol. Here's the sobering reality

Grok is flooding X with sexualised images. But can the UK fight AI-generated abuse?
Artificial intelligence

Grok is flooding X with sexualised images. But can the UK fight AI-generated abuse?

The world may be giving up on solving conflicts, warns Doctors Without Borders boss
Humanitarian aid

The world may be giving up on solving conflicts, warns Doctors Without Borders boss

From banning skinny jeans to therapy: 14 big ideas that will save the world
2026

From banning skinny jeans to therapy: 14 big ideas that will save the world

Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can't afford to pay?
energy bills
Cost of living

Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can't afford to pay?

Energy bills to remain 'stubbornly high' in January: 'Winter cruelly exposes the cost of a cold home'
home with glowing window
Energy bills

Energy bills to remain 'stubbornly high' in January: 'Winter cruelly exposes the cost of a cold home'

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson: 'A child's background won't determine their future'
education secretary Bridget Phillipson meets children at a breakfast club
Child poverty

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson: 'A child's background won't determine their future'

'A Muslim is someone who strives for peace': How this young imam is challenging Islamophobia on- and offline
Islamophobia

'A Muslim is someone who strives for peace': How this young imam is challenging Islamophobia on- and offline

New Year's resolutions: What does the world need to get right in 2026?
Your views

New Year's resolutions: What does the world need to get right in 2026?

Children recruited as soldiers and facing 'brutal' sexual violence in Sudan war
Image captured in July 2025 of a woman and two girls from Sudan who fled to South Sudan.
Sudan war

Children recruited as soldiers and facing 'brutal' sexual violence in Sudan war

I fled female genital mutilation in Guinea. This is how I will be spending Christmas Day
A Refugees Welcome sign on a fence
Refugees at Christmas

I fled female genital mutilation in Guinea. This is how I will be spending Christmas Day

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
I came to Britain as a teenager. Now I'm the first female Syrian refugee pilot
Refugees at Christmas

I came to Britain as a teenager. Now I'm the first female Syrian refugee pilot

The life of a Royal Mail postal worker at Christmas: 'People aren't robots. They can't keep going'
Jobs with the Royal Mail are still prized, so why shouldn't others be in the UK service industry? Image credit: Maureen McLean/Shutterstock
Christmas

The life of a Royal Mail postal worker at Christmas: 'People aren't robots. They can't keep going'

Arsenal star Emily Fox on a year of progress in women's football: 'What does women's football not give you?'
Arsenal's Emily Fox and Alessia Russo visit at the Community Hub at Emirates Stadium.
Women's football

Arsenal star Emily Fox on a year of progress in women's football: 'What does women's football not give you?'

My family fled Iran to escape death. This year's Christmas in Britain will be unlike any other
Refugees at Christmas

My family fled Iran to escape death. This year's Christmas in Britain will be unlike any other