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Bill Gates is giving away his £150bn fortune – and we think we know how to spend it
A Modest Proposal

Bill Gates is giving away his £150bn fortune – and we think we know how to spend it

Sam Thompson on his mammoth 260-mile challenge for Soccer Aid: 'I've got to do something'
Sam Thompson joined children aged nine to 12 to play football at a UNICEF-supported football programme supporting children in Solola, Guatemala.
Charity

Sam Thompson on his mammoth 260-mile challenge for Soccer Aid: 'I've got to do something'

Labour's poverty failure 'risks driving voters to Reform UK', warns Big Issue founder
Lord John Bird, photographed for the Big Issue in 2024.
Poverty

Labour's poverty failure 'risks driving voters to Reform UK', warns Big Issue founder

Majority of Brits disapprove of Labour's approach to tackling poverty, Big Issue polling finds
Big Issue vendors Andre, Kelvin and George
Poverty

Majority of Brits disapprove of Labour's approach to tackling poverty, Big Issue polling finds

Disability benefit cuts could be as 'politically toxic' as winter fuel payment, Labour warned
Liz Kendall
Disability benefits

Disability benefit cuts could be as 'politically toxic' as winter fuel payment, Labour warned

Women in the North miss out on £158m in wages every week compared to rest of England
Manchester
Women

Women in the North miss out on £158m in wages every week compared to rest of England

How to stay safe online
Stock image of a person using a laptop
Digital inclusion

How to stay safe online

Revealed: DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other UK employer
dwp offices
Employment

Revealed: DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other UK employer

The Traitors' Ash Bibi on fleeing a violent home for a women's refuge at 16: 'There's always hope'
Ash Bibi
Domestic violence

The Traitors' Ash Bibi on fleeing a violent home for a women's refuge at 16: 'There's always hope'

Food banks receiving 'rotten' donations from supermarkets 'not fit for human consumption'
food banks
Food banks

Food banks receiving 'rotten' donations from supermarkets 'not fit for human consumption'

I'm an aid worker in Gaza – the situation has never been worse
British aid worker in Gaza Gavin Kelleher
Gaza

I'm an aid worker in Gaza – the situation has never been worse

Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?
Working class

Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?

Legal aid crisis shows how utterly impossible the UK's asylum system really is: 'It's so depressing'
Legal aid crisis

Legal aid crisis shows how utterly impossible the UK's asylum system really is: 'It's so depressing'

Disabled people retiring with pensions less than two-thirds of the Brit average, report warns
Pensions

Disabled people retiring with pensions less than two-thirds of the Brit average, report warns

Save tens of billions in public money by ending hunger – not slashing benefits, government told
Rachel Reeves
Hunger

Save tens of billions in public money by ending hunger – not slashing benefits, government told

DWP payment dates in May 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
UK money
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP payment dates in May 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Mum-of-two shares experience of 'dehumanising' DWP benefits system: 'It could kill somebody'
Image of Naomi Lihou
Benefits

Mum-of-two shares experience of 'dehumanising' DWP benefits system: 'It could kill somebody'

UK's 'cruel' benefits system is 'ruining lives' and 'violating human rights', Amnesty report finds
keir starmer walking
Benefits

UK's 'cruel' benefits system is 'ruining lives' and 'violating human rights', Amnesty report finds

Widower of disabled woman in bitter, years-long legal battle after DWP denied him benefits
Department for Work and Pensions

Widower of disabled woman in bitter, years-long legal battle after DWP denied him benefits

Migrant care worker left homeless after being 'exploited' UK employer: 'It's a national scandal'
Cardboard and a sleeping bag, on the church premises where Joseph is sleeping
Immigration

Migrant care worker left homeless after being 'exploited' UK employer: 'It's a national scandal'

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