Social Justice

'Disturbing' disability benefit reforms in Labour's budget could see hundreds of thousands denied help
rachel reeves
Autumn budget

'Disturbing' disability benefit reforms in Labour's budget could see hundreds of thousands denied help

Benefit changes, universal credit and crackdown on fraud: How Labour's budget impacts benefits
rachel reeves outside downing street with the budget
Autumn budget

Benefit changes, universal credit and crackdown on fraud: How Labour's budget impacts benefits

'This will be costly': Fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support over pension credit backlog
pensioners sat together
Winter fuel payment

'This will be costly': Fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support over pension credit backlog

Stop stigmatising benefits claimants or thousands will stay trapped in poverty, Rachel Reeves told
Rachel Reeves stands at a podium in front of a red background
Benefits

Stop stigmatising benefits claimants or thousands will stay trapped in poverty, Rachel Reeves told

Special needs children forced out of school by 'crumbling' system, figures show
a boy in school uniform reading a book in a school library // special educational needs
Education

Special needs children forced out of school by 'crumbling' system, figures show

'We're extremely nervous': Here's what Labour's autumn budget might mean for benefit claimants
Rachel Reeves
Autumn budget

'We're extremely nervous': Here's what Labour's autumn budget might mean for benefit claimants

Nitazenes: Harm reduction advice to help keep safe
A syringe of naloxone
Drugs

Nitazenes: Harm reduction advice to help keep safe

Meet the only scientist who knows just how bad the UK's drug deaths crisis truly is
a red hand holds a pill on a yellow background
Drugs

Meet the only scientist who knows just how bad the UK's drug deaths crisis truly is

Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people's homes and using them as drug dens
police on patrol
Crime

Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people's homes and using them as drug dens

Universal credit top up of just £25 per week would 'benefit whole of society', study finds
dwp universal credit/ parent balancing baby and work
Universal credit

Universal credit top up of just £25 per week would 'benefit whole of society', study finds

'We're the forgotten ones': Labour budget must not ignore 'broken' social care system, families say
carers together
Social care

'We're the forgotten ones': Labour budget must not ignore 'broken' social care system, families say

No mention of two-child limit on benefits in Labour's 'ambitious' child poverty strategy
A meeting of the child poverty taskforce. From left to right: Mayor of the North East Kim McGuinness, work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall and education secretary Bridget Phillippson.
Child poverty

No mention of two-child limit on benefits in Labour's 'ambitious' child poverty strategy

MPs on all sides call for action on nitazenes after Big Issue exposes Britain's drug deaths crisis
Preet Kaur Gill, Andrew Mitchell, and Carla Denyer
Nitazenes

MPs on all sides call for action on nitazenes after Big Issue exposes Britain's drug deaths crisis

Cost of housing asylum seekers soars to £41,000 per person, study finds: 'Urgent reform needed'
Bibby Stockholm protest
Asylum hotels

Cost of housing asylum seekers soars to £41,000 per person, study finds: 'Urgent reform needed'

Drug deaths at highest level since records began – and experts say it's going to get worse
Cocaine
Drugs

Drug deaths at highest level since records began – and experts say it's going to get worse

Nitazenes: Use of life-saving overdose drug surges by 50% amid synthetic opioid crisis
Social Justice

Nitazenes: Use of life-saving overdose drug surges by 50% amid synthetic opioid crisis

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Trans Brits feel like a 'constant target' in wake of Brianna Ghey's murder: 'Trans kids deserve better'
LGBTQ+ rights

Trans Brits feel like a 'constant target' in wake of Brianna Ghey's murder: 'Trans kids deserve better'

'We're stepping in to help kids eat': Schools forced to dip into their own budgets to feed pupils
children grabbing food off table
Child poverty

'We're stepping in to help kids eat': Schools forced to dip into their own budgets to feed pupils

Children across the UK are living in 'Dickensian conditions' due to sky-high energy bills
child with a thermometer in his mouth
Energy bills

Children across the UK are living in 'Dickensian conditions' due to sky-high energy bills

Universal credit is not enough for single parents like me – I'm relying on food banks to survive
Sonia Gowland
Universal credit

Universal credit is not enough for single parents like me – I'm relying on food banks to survive