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Pensioners in need risk missing out on winter fuel payment and benefits worth £3,900
Pensioners in need risk missing out on winter fuel payment and benefits worth £3,900
A staggering 880,000 eligible pensioners are eligible for pension credit but aren’t claiming, losing nearly £4,000 per year
‘I came here for safety and I’ve come into danger’: The grim reality of life in asylum hotels for women
‘I came here for safety and I’ve come into danger’: The grim reality of life in asylum hotels for women
Get ready for the next Great Resignation as workers say they’re burned out and yearning for joy
Get ready for the next Great Resignation as workers say they’re burned out and yearning for joy
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Labour won’t hit 1.5 million home target without putting up serious cash to get Britain building
Labour won’t hit 1.5 million home target without putting up serious cash to get Britain building
NHS must ‘reform or die’ warns Starmer after report finds health service is in ‘critical condition’
NHS must ‘reform or die’ warns Starmer after report finds health service is in ‘critical condition’
Cost of living crisis
These interest-free loans have a twist: Pay off on time and you might get money back
These interest-free loans have a twist: Pay off on time and you might get money back
Gail Porter on going from TV star to homeless and the power of having your own washing machine
Gail Porter on going from TV star to homeless and the power of having your own washing machine
Millions of Brits struggle to buy enough food for their children, research finds
Millions of Brits struggle to buy enough food for their children, research finds
Cost of living crisis is over? Try telling that to millions of Brits struggling to feed their kids
Cost of living crisis is over? Try telling that to millions of Brits struggling to feed their kids
Housing
Labour won’t hit 1.5 million home target without putting up serious cash to get Britain building
Labour won’t hit 1.5 million home target without putting up serious cash to get Britain building
London housing crisis ‘breaking borough budgets’ as councils warn of £700m funding shortfall
London housing crisis ‘breaking borough budgets’ as councils warn of £700m funding shortfall
What is the Renters’ Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions
What is the Renters’ Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions
Four ways Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill differs from the Tories’ doomed Renters Reform Bill
Four ways Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill differs from the Tories’ doomed Renters Reform Bill
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Inside the Big Issue: Sir Ian McKellen on recovery, rights and finding fulfilment
Inside the Big Issue: Sir Ian McKellen on recovery, rights and finding fulfilment
Letters: Water bosses should be made to do Cersei’s ‘walk of shame’ from Game of Thrones
Letters: Water bosses should be made to do Cersei’s ‘walk of shame’ from Game of Thrones
‘It was like the place was waiting for me’: Three Big Issue vendors went to the Lake District – and were transformed
‘It was like the place was waiting for me’: Three Big Issue vendors went to the Lake District – and were transformed
Big Issue vendors left feeling anxious, frightened and ‘scared to go out’ in wake of UK riots
Big Issue vendors left feeling anxious, frightened and ‘scared to go out’ in wake of UK riots
Employment
Get ready for the next Great Resignation as workers say they’re burned out and yearning for joy
Get ready for the next Great Resignation as workers say they’re burned out and yearning for joy
AI skills will soon be as necessary for job seekers as Microsoft Word. Who will be left behind?
AI skills will soon be as necessary for job seekers as Microsoft Word. Who will be left behind?
No, unions are not ‘holding the country to ransom’
No, unions are not ‘holding the country to ransom’
Three-quarters of Labour voters back a four-day working week: ‘Brits are burnt out’
Three-quarters of Labour voters back a four-day working week: ‘Brits are burnt out’
Social justice
Pensioners in need risk missing out on winter fuel payment and benefits worth £3,900
Pensioners in need risk missing out on winter fuel payment and benefits worth £3,900
‘I came here for safety and I’ve come into danger’: The grim reality of life in asylum hotels for women
‘I came here for safety and I’ve come into danger’: The grim reality of life in asylum hotels for women
Thousands call on Labour and DWP to scrap ‘dangerous’ disability benefit reforms
Thousands call on Labour and DWP to scrap ‘dangerous’ disability benefit reforms
Millions of Brits struggle to buy enough food for their children, research finds
Millions of Brits struggle to buy enough food for their children, research finds
Activism
Gail Porter on going from TV star to homeless and the power of having your own washing machine
Gail Porter on going from TV star to homeless and the power of having your own washing machine
UK can learn valuable lessons from how this Leeds suburb came together after riots
UK can learn valuable lessons from how this Leeds suburb came together after riots
DWP says there’s ‘more learning to do’ as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants
DWP says there’s ‘more learning to do’ as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants
Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together
Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together
Environment
UK won’t reach net zero without carbon capture – so why do we keep ‘screwing it up’?
UK won’t reach net zero without carbon capture – so why do we keep ‘screwing it up’?
This mum used to watch her son ‘struggle for breath’. After a year of Ulez, things are much better
This mum used to watch her son ‘struggle for breath’. After a year of Ulez, things are much better
Outcry after water companies say they can’t fix the sewage crisis without hiking bills: ‘Insulting’
Outcry after water companies say they can’t fix the sewage crisis without hiking bills: ‘Insulting’
Windermere was flooded with 8,787 hours of raw sewage last year. One man is fighting back
