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Social Justice

A young veteran's struggle with the cost of living crisis
veterans silhouette
Remembrance

A young veteran's struggle with the cost of living crisis

Meet the inspirational veterans running a food bank, warm bank and social club in their community
Veterans/ Wirral Joint Services Club
Remembrance

Meet the inspirational veterans running a food bank, warm bank and social club in their community

'My dream is to be a photographer': A day in Calais and Dunkirk with people waiting to cross the Channel
A refugee carries her child back to a tent after visiting a distribution point run by the refugee crisis charity Care4Calais on November 02, 2022 in Dunkerque, France. Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Immigration

'My dream is to be a photographer': A day in Calais and Dunkirk with people waiting to cross the Channel

Doreen Lawrence says the UK justice system 'degrades' the Black community
Baroness Doreen Lawrence - pictured in summer 2022
Racism

Doreen Lawrence says the UK justice system 'degrades' the Black community

Food banks face 'tsunami of need' as record number of people seek help
Packages of food are lined along shelves and on the floor in a food bank
Food banks

Food banks face 'tsunami of need' as record number of people seek help

Families will be given 'fruit and veg prescriptions' to tackle chronic disease and food poverty
fruit and veg prescriptions
Social Justice

Families will be given 'fruit and veg prescriptions' to tackle chronic disease and food poverty

Zayn Malik calls on Rishi Sunak to offer free school meals to all children in poverty
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Free school meals

Zayn Malik calls on Rishi Sunak to offer free school meals to all children in poverty

How to prepare for blackouts in the UK this winter
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Energy crisis

How to prepare for blackouts in the UK this winter

Hundreds of thousands of people are missing out on the government's £400 energy rebate
Person on phone/ Energy rebate
Energy bills

Hundreds of thousands of people are missing out on the government's £400 energy rebate

Here's what people in Dover really think about UK immigration
Immigration

Here's what people in Dover really think about UK immigration

What is happening at the Manston migrant centre?
Manston migrant centre
Immigration

What is happening at the Manston migrant centre?

Big Issue Group launches campaign demanding long-term solutions to protect future generations and break the cycle of poverty
Big Futures
Big Futures

Big Issue Group launches campaign demanding long-term solutions to protect future generations and break the cycle of poverty

'I begged food bank workers for body wash for my children': The bleak reality of hygiene poverty in the UK
Washing hands/ hygiene poverty
Cost of living crisis

'I begged food bank workers for body wash for my children': The bleak reality of hygiene poverty in the UK

Can you live off £1 a day? We asked experts about the TikTok trend
TikTok £1 a day challenges
Cost of living crisis

Can you live off £1 a day? We asked experts about the TikTok trend

Students in east London will be paid to go to school as mayor brings back EMA amid cost of living crisis
Students in a classroom
Social Justice

Students in east London will be paid to go to school as mayor brings back EMA amid cost of living crisis

How graffiti artist Opake overcame addiction and homelessness and is now changing lives
Opake
Art

How graffiti artist Opake overcame addiction and homelessness and is now changing lives

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Food banks are being forced to cut staple items because of soaring grocery costs
food banks/ rising costs
Food banks

Food banks are being forced to cut staple items because of soaring grocery costs

Do the TikTok plant pot candle heaters work? We asked a thermodynamics expert
plant pot candle heater
Energy bills

Do the TikTok plant pot candle heaters work? We asked a thermodynamics expert

Children are 'eating rubbers and stealing food' at school because they are hungry
Child in class/ Hungry in school
Cost of living crisis

Children are 'eating rubbers and stealing food' at school because they are hungry

Food banks warn Liz Truss they're at 'breaking point' in open letter delivered to Downing Street
representatives of food banks outside downing street
Food banks

Food banks warn Liz Truss they're at 'breaking point' in open letter delivered to Downing Street

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