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DWP faces High Court battle over 'morally bankrupt' legacy benefits rule
Disabled activists march on Euston Road to protest against legacy benefits decision
welfare system

DWP faces High Court battle over 'morally bankrupt' legacy benefits rule

Windrush compensation scheme should be independent as victims fear Home Office, experts say
Windrush

Windrush compensation scheme should be independent as victims fear Home Office, experts say

Government accused of ‘institutionalising’ food banks in new guidance for councils
food banks
Poverty

Government accused of ‘institutionalising’ food banks in new guidance for councils

Children in care are being handcuffed on their way to school and foster homes
Children in care can be handcuffed under the law as a last resort
Social care

Children in care are being handcuffed on their way to school and foster homes

Scurvy and malnutrition in the UK have doubled since 2010
A doctor listening to a child's back through a stethoscope. Poverty
Poverty

Scurvy and malnutrition in the UK have doubled since 2010

Patients are waiting in ambulances outside A&E for 14 hours with demand at 'highest ever level'
Ambulances queue outside the Royal Cornwall Hospital
Social Justice

Patients are waiting in ambulances outside A&E for 14 hours with demand at 'highest ever level'

What is conversion therapy?
conversion therapy
Social Justice

What is conversion therapy?

Nurses say levelling up is ‘lip service’ if lessons aren't learnt from Covid health inequalities
UK health inequality was reflected in Covid-19 death figures, when Bangladeshi men were five times as likely to die with the virus as their white counterparts.
Social Justice

Nurses say levelling up is ‘lip service’ if lessons aren't learnt from Covid health inequalities

‘It’s going to be a dark winter’: Universal credit claimants respond to the Budget
Universal credit claimants will keep 45p for every £1 they earn at work, starting in December.
Social Justice

‘It’s going to be a dark winter’: Universal credit claimants respond to the Budget

Virtual healthcare is discriminatory and breaches Equality Act, say charities
digital inclusion
Social Justice

Virtual healthcare is discriminatory and breaches Equality Act, say charities

‘Do it for the children’: Families plead with Sunak to reverse universal credit cut
universal credit
Social Justice

‘Do it for the children’: Families plead with Sunak to reverse universal credit cut

‘They took away my future’: Teenager forced to quit college after universal credit cut
Universal credit
Social Justice

‘They took away my future’: Teenager forced to quit college after universal credit cut

Health inequalities: How does your area of England compare to others?
levelling up
Social Justice

Health inequalities: How does your area of England compare to others?

'What kidnappers do' - DWP forcing universal credit claimants to pose for photo with daily paper
universal credit
Social Justice

'What kidnappers do' - DWP forcing universal credit claimants to pose for photo with daily paper

Children in poverty 70% more likely to develop asthma for life
Child with asthma
Social Justice

Children in poverty 70% more likely to develop asthma for life

Women and LGBTQ+ people in Afghanistan are still waiting for the UK refugees scheme to open
Priti Patel said the scheme would accept 20,000 people from Afghanistan.
Social Justice

Women and LGBTQ+ people in Afghanistan are still waiting for the UK refugees scheme to open

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Make breakfast clubs a priority in child poverty fight, government told
Rachel de Souza talking about child poverty
Social Justice

Make breakfast clubs a priority in child poverty fight, government told

Up to 1.5 million fuel poor households don't qualify for the warm home discount
Up to 1.5m fuel poor households don't qualify for the warm home discount. Image: Nenad Stojkovic / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Social Justice

Up to 1.5 million fuel poor households don't qualify for the warm home discount

Universal credit: What is it and why does the £20 cut matter?
Three pound coins sit in a pile on top of a £5 note. The Big Issue explains Universal Credit
Social Justice

Universal credit: What is it and why does the £20 cut matter?

The problems with BT's £50m 888 app to protect women on their way home
police crime sentencing and courts bill
Social Justice

The problems with BT's £50m 888 app to protect women on their way home

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