Money

What do the government's vet prices reforms mean for pet owners?
Vet bills

What do the government's vet prices reforms mean for pet owners?

Vet prices have been surging at twice the rate of inflation. Will the governments reforms help turn the tide for pet owners and Big Issue vendors?
More than half of people with mental health problems regularly run out of money
empty wallet
Money

More than half of people with mental health problems regularly run out of money

Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score
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Credit

Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score

How to survive the cold weather when you're struggling to pay your bills
Cost of living

How to survive the cold weather when you're struggling to pay your bills

Olive oil is cheaper than it's been since February 2024. Is it a sign of falling prices to come?
Inflation

Olive oil is cheaper than it's been since February 2024. Is it a sign of falling prices to come?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Panicked by the Christmas food bill? Here's how to save money and still have a festive feast
A family tucking into a Christmas meal.
Christmas

Panicked by the Christmas food bill? Here's how to save money and still have a festive feast

How much will you spend on Christmas?
Your views

How much will you spend on Christmas?

Worried about your bills this winter? Help is out there
Cost of living

Worried about your bills this winter? Help is out there

Supermarket experts share their best tips for bagging yellow sticker bargains: 'I believe in karma'
Shopping

Supermarket experts share their best tips for bagging yellow sticker bargains: 'I believe in karma'

BBC Radio 1's Matt Edmonson: 'I'm no Martin Lewis, but I've always been quite frugal'
Money

BBC Radio 1's Matt Edmonson: 'I'm no Martin Lewis, but I've always been quite frugal'

What benefits can I claim from the DWP to help me cover the cost of living?
a close-up view of scattered £5, £10 and £20 notes scattered
Benefits

What benefits can I claim from the DWP to help me cover the cost of living?

How Gander is helping shoppers find reduced food and cut waste 
Life

How Gander is helping shoppers find reduced food and cut waste 

Five major banks to allow homeless people to open bank accounts under new pilot
Economic secretary to the Treasury Lucy Rigby looking at her phone
Financial inclusion

Five major banks to allow homeless people to open bank accounts under new pilot

DWP payment dates in November 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month
A person paying bills.
Benefits

DWP payment dates in November 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month

How Fair for You's Shopping Card Loan is helping people face down debt 
Debt

How Fair for You's Shopping Card Loan is helping people face down debt 

People with mental health issues forced to share their PIN – leaving them open to 'abuse and fraud'
Financial inclusion

People with mental health issues forced to share their PIN – leaving them open to 'abuse and fraud'

Everything you need to know about how to apply for universal credit
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Universal credit

Everything you need to know about how to apply for universal credit

What do bankers think of a windfall tax on the banks? We went to the City of London to find out
Economics
Bank tax

What do bankers think of a windfall tax on the banks? We went to the City of London to find out

DWP payment dates in October 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month
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Benefits

DWP payment dates in October 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month

What is PIP and how do I claim it? Everything you need to know about the DWP disability benefit
a pile of pound coins on a white surface // unemployment benefits
Disability benefits

What is PIP and how do I claim it? Everything you need to know about the DWP disability benefit

Five key things you need to know about PIP
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Disability benefits

Five key things you need to know about PIP

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Millions of Brits use Buy Now, Pay Later to shop. Will new rules protect people from the dangers?
Alannah-Jayne Simpson and her two boys.
Buy Now, Pay Later

Millions of Brits use Buy Now, Pay Later to shop. Will new rules protect people from the dangers?

DWP payment dates in August 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month
A woman and two children
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP payment dates in August 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month

This man has found a way to travel by train for free... with one small catch
Transport

This man has found a way to travel by train for free... with one small catch

24 discounted days out for families on universal credit and other benefits this summer holiday
zoo
Summer survival guide

24 discounted days out for families on universal credit and other benefits this summer holiday