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‘I left my abuser – and then the family court gave him custody of my children’
Lady Justice
Family courts

‘I left my abuser – and then the family court gave him custody of my children’

The biggest family court reform in 30 years still won’t stop women seeing their children being handed to their abusers
Why Big Issue vendors are giving away free books: ‘Reading is the world’
Big Issue vendor Andre Rostant
Reader offer

Why Big Issue vendors are giving away free books: ‘Reading is the world’

What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say
stephen timms
Benefits

What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say

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‘I probably would have given my son up without help from a baby bank. No one else supported me’
Homelessness

‘I probably would have given my son up without help from a baby bank. No one else supported me’

I had virtually nothing when I became a mum. I needed help from a baby bank to get the essentials
Cost of living

I had virtually nothing when I became a mum. I needed help from a baby bank to get the essentials

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Cost of living crisis

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‘Universal credit claimants are working to support their families. But the system is not’
Thea Jaffe outside Number 10.
Thea Jaffe

‘Universal credit claimants are working to support their families. But the system is not’

Making gig work pay: How to manage your money with an irregular income
Deliveroo delivery person on a bicycle
Money

Making gig work pay: How to manage your money with an irregular income

‘I probably would have given my son up without help from a baby bank. No one else supported me’
silhouette of a pregnant woman
Homelessness

‘I probably would have given my son up without help from a baby bank. No one else supported me’

I had virtually nothing when I became a mum. I needed help from a baby bank to get the essentials
Cost of living

I had virtually nothing when I became a mum. I needed help from a baby bank to get the essentials

Advice & support

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What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say
stephen timms
Benefits

What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say

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

Facts and figures

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What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say
stephen timms
Benefits

What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say

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

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

Is the cost of living crisis back? And will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis back? 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?

Food banks

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It’s no longer a cost of living crisis – it’s a cost of surviving crisis
Mike Towers
Mike Towers

It’s no longer a cost of living crisis – it’s a cost of surviving crisis

What would happen if the UK’s volunteers stopped volunteering?
Volunteering

What would happen if the UK’s volunteers stopped volunteering?

Nearly two children in every classroom relying on food banks: ‘A national emergency’
Children together writing on book
Cost of living

Nearly two children in every classroom relying on food banks: ‘A national emergency’

Striking photos capture British Muslim families breaking fast during Ramadan in food bank Britain
a British Muslim family breaking their fast during Ramadan
Cost of living

Striking photos capture British Muslim families breaking fast during Ramadan in food bank Britain

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How the Sociability app puts accessibility on the map to help disabled people break down barriers
People in wheelchairs at a post-Naidex social event organised by Sociability
Accessibility

How the Sociability app puts accessibility on the map to help disabled people break down barriers

How Heart n Soul makes change: ‘It’s about not underestimating the potential of anybody’
A performance from Big Issue Changemaker Heart n Soul
Social Justice

How Heart n Soul makes change: ‘It’s about not underestimating the potential of anybody’

Who cares for the carers? ‘I can escape without having to worry about what’s going on at home’
band practice at Kingston Carers Network
Changemakers

Who cares for the carers? ‘I can escape without having to worry about what’s going on at home’

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