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Big Issue Changemakers 2021: Poverty prevention
Cocoa fowler collecting food for his Food for Nought charity
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Big Issue Changemakers 2021: Poverty prevention

UK poverty in 2020: 'No family could have planned for a pandemic'
A young person, seen from above, sits on the floor looking through a stack of bills in front of a laptop
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UK poverty in 2020: 'No family could have planned for a pandemic'

1 in 5 children won’t receive a Christmas present this year
children playing with toys
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1 in 5 children won’t receive a Christmas present this year

Poorest UK families getting poorer thanks to Covid - report
Baby and mother during the coronavirus pandemic
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Poorest UK families getting poorer thanks to Covid - report

Mercy Baguma: Memorial portrait captures ‘beautiful human being’
Mercy Baguma
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Mercy Baguma: Memorial portrait captures ‘beautiful human being’

Five million people to face ‘distressing’ destitution post-Covid-19
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Five million people to face ‘distressing’ destitution post-Covid-19

Nearly half of people using food banks are in debt to the government
Packages of food are lined along shelves and on the floor in a food bank
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Nearly half of people using food banks are in debt to the government

Fuel poverty will kill terminally ill people quicker this year, charity says
A person without their face visible is wrapped in a blanket with their hands holding it around themselves
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Fuel poverty will kill terminally ill people quicker this year, charity says

Need some Pay Gap Filler? Gender equality charity opens (spoof) online store
A Pay Gap Filler sold at The Empowerium
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Need some Pay Gap Filler? Gender equality charity opens (spoof) online store

Scotland makes history with landmark bill to overturn period poverty
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Scotland makes history with landmark bill to overturn period poverty

Increase in max energy bill rates will ‘force people into fuel poverty’
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Increase in max energy bill rates will ‘force people into fuel poverty’

George Clarke: 'We are on the verge of a poverty pandemic'
George Clarke's Council House Scandal
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George Clarke: 'We are on the verge of a poverty pandemic'

Poorest in society pay extra 'poverty premium' on everyday items, study finds
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Poorest in society pay extra 'poverty premium' on everyday items, study finds

Fawcett Society: Use Covid-19 opportunity to push for gender equality
a woman works at a table with a laptop and a glass of water
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Fawcett Society: Use Covid-19 opportunity to push for gender equality

Comedian Mark Watson is planning a 'Kitmas' for kids in poverty
Mark Watson stares into the camera
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Comedian Mark Watson is planning a 'Kitmas' for kids in poverty

Disabled people left without 'financial lifeline' as 119,000 call for change
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Disabled people left without 'financial lifeline' as 119,000 call for change

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
This 8-year-old boy organised a Christmas toy appeal for children in need
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This 8-year-old boy organised a Christmas toy appeal for children in need

Rashford 'proud' as Government announces £400m for children and families
Rashford hero food poverty
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Rashford 'proud' as Government announces £400m for children and families

Mortgage-holders facing financial ‘cliff edge’ with end of support scheme
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Mortgage-holders facing financial ‘cliff edge’ with end of support scheme

Disabled person handed £1,200 in Universal Credit sanctions during lockdown
Three pound coins sit in a pile on top of a £5 note. The Big Issue explains Universal Credit
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Disabled person handed £1,200 in Universal Credit sanctions during lockdown