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More than half of PIP claimants say Labour’s benefit cuts could make them homeless
More than half of PIP claimants say Labour’s benefit cuts could make them homeless
New polling from More in Common, Disability Rights UK and Get Yourself Active has also found that less than a third of the public supports the disability benefit cuts
If Labour takes my PIP away, I’ll have to give up the job I love
If Labour takes my PIP away, I’ll have to give up the job I love
School standards minister: ‘We want to change it so nobody has to fight for their education’
School standards minister: ‘We want to change it so nobody has to fight for their education’
Top Stories
Renter fury as no-fault eviction ban likely delayed until 2026: ‘Let down yet again’
Renter fury as no-fault eviction ban likely delayed until 2026: ‘Let down yet again’
Nearly half of young Brits say health issues will push them out of work. How can we cope without them?
Nearly half of young Brits say health issues will push them out of work. How can we cope without them?
Cost of living crisis
From the NHS to the DWP: UK’s new data law will make your life ‘radically different’, minister says
From the NHS to the DWP: UK’s new data law will make your life ‘radically different’, minister says
Inside the food banks seeing ‘highest demand ever seen’ as cost of living harms families
Inside the food banks seeing ‘highest demand ever seen’ as cost of living harms families
‘I was barely existing before PIP’: Benefit claimants say they’re ‘terrified’ of Labour’s cuts
‘I was barely existing before PIP’: Benefit claimants say they’re ‘terrified’ of Labour’s cuts
The Green Party leadership race comes at a crunch time for net zero – it’s eco-populism or bust
The Green Party leadership race comes at a crunch time for net zero – it’s eco-populism or bust
Housing
Renter fury as no-fault eviction ban likely delayed until 2026: ‘Let down yet again’
Renter fury as no-fault eviction ban likely delayed until 2026: ‘Let down yet again’
Public transport not keeping up with surge in new homes, analysis finds: ‘We must plan more intelligently’
Public transport not keeping up with surge in new homes, analysis finds: ‘We must plan more intelligently’
Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing ‘will literally save lives’
Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing ‘will literally save lives’
Social services threatened to take refugee’s newborn baby away in row over horror hostel
Social services threatened to take refugee’s newborn baby away in row over horror hostel
Our vendors
A View, From a Bridge is the social media sensation where strangers reveal all on an old, red phone
A View, From a Bridge is the social media sensation where strangers reveal all on an old, red phone
Letters: Landlords should be made illegal to fix the housing market
Letters: Landlords should be made illegal to fix the housing market
Letters: Reform getting in will cause a lot of civil disruption
Letters: Reform getting in will cause a lot of civil disruption
Meet the ex-Big Issue vendor who went from homelessness to giving Prince William a tour of Aberdeen
Meet the ex-Big Issue vendor who went from homelessness to giving Prince William a tour of Aberdeen
Employment
Nearly half of young Brits say health issues will push them out of work. How can we cope without them?
Nearly half of young Brits say health issues will push them out of work. How can we cope without them?
This afternoon tea is made and served by people with learning disabilities: ‘A wonderful celebration’
This afternoon tea is made and served by people with learning disabilities: ‘A wonderful celebration’
Labour’s apprenticeship reforms aim to train the next generation – but do they go far enough?
Labour’s apprenticeship reforms aim to train the next generation – but do they go far enough?
‘It’s a vicious cycle’: Labour’s benefit cuts could push people with MS out of work, report finds
‘It’s a vicious cycle’: Labour’s benefit cuts could push people with MS out of work, report finds
Social justice
More than half of PIP claimants say Labour’s benefit cuts could make them homeless
More than half of PIP claimants say Labour’s benefit cuts could make them homeless
If Labour takes my PIP away, I’ll have to give up the job I love
If Labour takes my PIP away, I’ll have to give up the job I love
‘I am not a scrounger’: Paralympic champions blast Labour over disability benefit cuts
‘I am not a scrounger’: Paralympic champions blast Labour over disability benefit cuts
‘Broken’ council tax system means millions of Brits face visit from bailiffs – but that’s set to change
‘Broken’ council tax system means millions of Brits face visit from bailiffs – but that’s set to change
Activism
As the government moves to ban Palestine Action, are terror laws being used for ‘political policing’?
As the government moves to ban Palestine Action, are terror laws being used for ‘political policing’?
Disabled protesters say they’ll stop Labour’s benefit cuts – or die trying: ‘I will fight my heart out’
Disabled protesters say they’ll stop Labour’s benefit cuts – or die trying: ‘I will fight my heart out’
These scientists felt powerless over the climate crisis – so they decided to do something about it
These scientists felt powerless over the climate crisis – so they decided to do something about it
Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: ‘We’re in a fight’
Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: ‘We’re in a fight’
Environment
Should taxpayers pay for solar panels to be installed on homes?
Should taxpayers pay for solar panels to be installed on homes?
How a Manchester community welcomed the return of the swifts
How a Manchester community welcomed the return of the swifts
Photographer of the year Zed Nelson on documenting the decimation of nature by humans
Photographer of the year Zed Nelson on documenting the decimation of nature by humans
Big Issue Recruit to help jobseekers in South Wales secure green jobs on onshore wind farm
