Social Justice

Sir Jim Ratcliffe says immigrants are ‘colonising’ the UK. But who pays more personal tax?
Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Immigration

Sir Jim Ratcliffe says immigrants are ‘colonising’ the UK. But who pays more personal tax?

Immigrants are ‘colonising the United Kingdom’ Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has said. We asked academics who is contributing more to the UK economy
Would a quarter of workers really be better off ‘swapping wages for benefits’?
Benefits

Would a quarter of workers really be better off ‘swapping wages for benefits’?

Over a million kids live in hygiene poverty. But teachers don’t always know what to say
school children at desks
hygiene poverty

Over a million kids live in hygiene poverty. But teachers don’t always know what to say

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Can Labour’s new code help child victims of crime get justice?
Violence against women and girls

Can Labour’s new code help child victims of crime get justice?

Blind NHS psychologist fears losing job after DWP slashed her Access to Work support: ‘I was sobbing’
Access to work

Blind NHS psychologist fears losing job after DWP slashed her Access to Work support: ‘I was sobbing’

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Cost of living crisis

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New Buy Now, Pay Later rules could protect you from debt traps. But what are the risks?
Stock image of a person online shopping with their credit card in their hand
BNPL

New Buy Now, Pay Later rules could protect you from debt traps. But what are the risks?

Letters: It’s mind-blowing that in 2026 water companies are allowed to dump sewage into rivers
Letters

Letters: It’s mind-blowing that in 2026 water companies are allowed to dump sewage into rivers

This government must make private rent more affordable. Here’s how they can do it
Ben Cooper

This government must make private rent more affordable. Here’s how they can do it

Over a million kids live in hygiene poverty. But teachers don’t always know what to say
school children at desks
hygiene poverty

Over a million kids live in hygiene poverty. But teachers don’t always know what to say

Advice & support

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Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?
energy bills
Cost of living

Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
a man chops vegetables on a table behind an older man
Christmas

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved

How to volunteer at a food bank
volunteers arrange food donations along rows of crates on tables
Food banks

How to volunteer at a food bank

What is child benefit and can I claim it?
Welfare system

What is child benefit and can I claim it?

Facts and figures

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Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?

Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?
energy bills
Cost of living

Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?

How to volunteer at a food bank
volunteers arrange food donations along rows of crates on tables
Food banks

How to volunteer at a food bank

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?
Autumn budget

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?

Food banks

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Why are four million children still going hungry in the UK in 2026?
Dr Regina Murphy Keith

Why are four million children still going hungry in the UK in 2026?

Labour MP calls on government to boost universal credit: ‘We need to up our game’
Neil Duncan-Jordan, MP for Poole, speaking in parliament.
Universal credit

Labour MP calls on government to boost universal credit: ‘We need to up our game’

How the UK’s only cash-first food bank is shattering myths around aid: ‘Cash is the issue’
Food banks

How the UK’s only cash-first food bank is shattering myths around aid: ‘Cash is the issue’

How the groundbreaking Crisis and Resilience Fund can help end the need for food banks
A person buying products at a social supermarket at the Spring Community Hub.
Sabine Goodwin

How the groundbreaking Crisis and Resilience Fund can help end the need for food banks

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Over a million kids live in hygiene poverty. But teachers don’t always know what to say
school children at desks
hygiene poverty

Over a million kids live in hygiene poverty. But teachers don’t always know what to say

‘I’m happy to pay for uni, but I’ll never clear my debt’: Graduates hit out at student loans crisis
Student debt

‘I’m happy to pay for uni, but I’ll never clear my debt’: Graduates hit out at student loans crisis

Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way
Darren McGarvey
Health inequalities

Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: ‘We try to make the students smile’
Students at Gaza Great Minds
Gaza

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: ‘We try to make the students smile’

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