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Social Justice

Scotland faces growing nitazenes threat as it grapples with drugs deaths crisis
a syringe and pills of drugs
Drugs

Scotland faces growing nitazenes threat as it grapples with drugs deaths crisis

Scotland is fighting to lose the unwanted title of Europe's drug deaths capital. But a new threat from synthetic opioids is making it harder to save lives
'We can read their eyes': Donkeys serve as 'animal ambulances' in Gaza. But they now face starvation, Palestinian vet warns
Gaza

'We can read their eyes': Donkeys serve as 'animal ambulances' in Gaza. But they now face starvation, Palestinian vet warns

'Cruel' housing benefit 'quirk' forces thousands of vulnerable young people to give up work
Housing benefit

'Cruel' housing benefit 'quirk' forces thousands of vulnerable young people to give up work

Are asylum seekers 'living it up' in luxury hotels like Rylan says? Here's the reality
Asylum seekers

Are asylum seekers 'living it up' in luxury hotels like Rylan says? Here's the reality

Shoe Aid, STEPPING UP for footwear Poverty this September
Social Justice

Shoe Aid, STEPPING UP for footwear Poverty this September

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Revealed: Asylum hotel protests dwarfed by runners going to Parkrun
Parkrun runners
Asylum protests

Revealed: Asylum hotel protests dwarfed by runners going to Parkrun

Disabled families use foil blankets to keep warm as energy bills keep surging: 'We have to keep going'
energy bills
fuel poverty

Disabled families use foil blankets to keep warm as energy bills keep surging: 'We have to keep going'

I have arthritis, incontinence and other chronic health conditions. The DWP didn't think I needed PIP
Composite image of PIP recipient Ron Farrington and secretary of state for work and pensions Liz Kendall
Disability benefits

I have arthritis, incontinence and other chronic health conditions. The DWP didn't think I needed PIP

A day inside the clogged-up asylum court at the heart of Starmer's plans to close migrant hotels
An illustration of a family waving paper at a locked door
Social Justice

A day inside the clogged-up asylum court at the heart of Starmer's plans to close migrant hotels

Could the UK government end use of asylum hotels by 2026?
Asylum hotels

Could the UK government end use of asylum hotels by 2026?

Home Office halves time for new refugees to find a home in move 'guaranteed to increase homelessness'
a tent on the street
Homelessness

Home Office halves time for new refugees to find a home in move 'guaranteed to increase homelessness'

Labour's next round of benefit cuts risks hitting 600,000 disabled people
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Welfare

Labour's next round of benefit cuts risks hitting 600,000 disabled people

Are thousands of asylum seekers about to be kicked out of hotels?
asylum hotels protesters
Immigration

Are thousands of asylum seekers about to be kicked out of hotels?

West Bank Palestinian farmers fight for survival amid settler violence and economic collapse
Palestine

West Bank Palestinian farmers fight for survival amid settler violence and economic collapse

'A life changing moment': Inside England's Homeless World Cup training session ahead of the tournament of a lifetime
Homeless World Cup

'A life changing moment': Inside England's Homeless World Cup training session ahead of the tournament of a lifetime

I've had to appeal every single one of my PIP claims – the system is in dire need of improvement
Images of Lydia Thomas, a 32-year-old from Kent who receives PIP
Benefits

I've had to appeal every single one of my PIP claims – the system is in dire need of improvement

As number of asylum seekers housed in hotels rises, there's one thing everyone agrees on
immigration and refugeee rights protestors hold up placards reading:
Asylum hotels

As number of asylum seekers housed in hotels rises, there's one thing everyone agrees on

Inside the mission to feed the UK's hungry kids in the holidays: 'If we had to buy food we wouldn't survive'
Holiday hunger

Inside the mission to feed the UK's hungry kids in the holidays: 'If we had to buy food we wouldn't survive'

Homeless people risk losing benefits if they don't move to universal credit, DWP warns
dwp
Universal credit

Homeless people risk losing benefits if they don't move to universal credit, DWP warns

Anti-migrant protesters 'hijacking' women's safety to push 'racist' agenda, women's groups warn
anti-immigration protesters behind a fence
Asylum protests

Anti-migrant protesters 'hijacking' women's safety to push 'racist' agenda, women's groups warn

My life was ruined when I was wrongly convicted of a sex crime – I didn't even get an apology
Criminal justice

My life was ruined when I was wrongly convicted of a sex crime – I didn't even get an apology

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'Getting benefits eased pressure on my family': £9.6bn of universal credit went unclaimed in the last 12 months
universal credit
Benefits

'Getting benefits eased pressure on my family': £9.6bn of universal credit went unclaimed in the last 12 months

Why did so many women in a tiny Hungarian village poison their husbands? 
Domestic abuse

Why did so many women in a tiny Hungarian village poison their husbands? 

'It will be a crisis': Adult social care pushed to the brink by government's overseas care worker ban
social care
Social care

'It will be a crisis': Adult social care pushed to the brink by government's overseas care worker ban

'It's sad we have come to this': Inside the schools turning into food banks to stave off holiday hunger
Social Justice

'It's sad we have come to this': Inside the schools turning into food banks to stave off holiday hunger