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Petition signed by 145,000 people forces MPs to debate including trans conversion therapy in ban
Trans conversion therapy
LGBTQ+ rights

Petition signed by 145,000 people forces MPs to debate including trans conversion therapy in ban

Eat your pets, and other innovative ways to get through the cost of living crisis
A doe-eyed puppy lies on a bed looking up at the camera
Cost of living crisis

Eat your pets, and other innovative ways to get through the cost of living crisis

Inside the homeless soup kitchen asking Nicola Sturgeon for a helping hand
Homeless Project Scotland
Cost of living crisis

Inside the homeless soup kitchen asking Nicola Sturgeon for a helping hand

Jake Daniels’ coming out is a ‘huge step forward’ but abuse remains an issue, say LGBTQ+ fans
Homophobia

Jake Daniels’ coming out is a ‘huge step forward’ but abuse remains an issue, say LGBTQ+ fans

Expanded stop and search powers will lead to ‘more criminalisation of Black people’, groups warn
stop and search
Stop and Search

Expanded stop and search powers will lead to ‘more criminalisation of Black people’, groups warn

Martin Lewis: 'I can't shut up because there really are lives at stake'
Martin Lewis
cost of living crisis

Martin Lewis: 'I can't shut up because there really are lives at stake'

A charity is taking the Home Office to court over a 'dangerous' women's detention centre
Social Justice

A charity is taking the Home Office to court over a 'dangerous' women's detention centre

Disabled people are 'being hit harder by the cost of living crisis'
Cost of living crisis

Disabled people are 'being hit harder by the cost of living crisis'

A food charity has shut down claims from a Tory MP that people in poverty can't cook
cost of living
Food banks

A food charity has shut down claims from a Tory MP that people in poverty can't cook

Government told to act as Ukraine refugees at risk of human trafficking
Ukraine
Social Justice

Government told to act as Ukraine refugees at risk of human trafficking

Employers are signing up to pay the 'real living wage' at a record rate
Living wage

Employers are signing up to pay the 'real living wage' at a record rate

Tory MP claims people use food banks because they can't cook or budget properly
Lee Anderson on food banks
Food banks

Tory MP claims people use food banks because they can't cook or budget properly

Boris Johnson criticised for saying male refugees are 'queue jumping' ahead of women and children
Signs saying refugees welcome
Social Justice

Boris Johnson criticised for saying male refugees are 'queue jumping' ahead of women and children

1 in 10 people in Wales have no access to public transport
Image of a bus to Holywell.
Public transport

1 in 10 people in Wales have no access to public transport

The government says the cost of living crisis is 'top priority' - but has offered no new support
cost of living
Cost of living crisis

The government says the cost of living crisis is 'top priority' - but has offered no new support

Universal credit switchover risks pushing people into 'destitution', charities warn
universal credit debt advice
Welfare system

Universal credit switchover risks pushing people into 'destitution', charities warn

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Families are pawning their belongings to pay for food as the cost of living rises
Coins
Cost of living crisis

Families are pawning their belongings to pay for food as the cost of living rises

One in five households with children are struggling to put food on the table
Rishi Sunak posing in front of a sainsbury's, filling an aide's car with petrol
Cost of living crisis

One in five households with children are struggling to put food on the table

Martin Lewis: 'The link between money problems and mental health problems is just so strong'
Martin (9) Headshot open shirt and jacket
Cost of living crisis

Martin Lewis: 'The link between money problems and mental health problems is just so strong'

Diary of a food bank manager: 'The situation is becoming more and more desperate'
Diary of a food bank manager

Diary of a food bank manager: 'The situation is becoming more and more desperate'

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