Social Justice

West Ham star Tomáš Souček: ‘We cannot judge homeless people – we can only help’
Football

West Ham star Tomáš Souček: ‘We cannot judge homeless people – we can only help’

Big Issue visited the West Ham Foundation’s hub to talk to Tomáš Souček, Konstantinos Mavropanos and Anton Ferdinand about homelessness
Older people are surviving, not living. The autumn budget cannot ignore pensioner poverty
Joanna Elson

Older people are surviving, not living. The autumn budget cannot ignore pensioner poverty

Child hunger is a ‘damning indictment’ of Britain, says Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu
Child hunger

Child hunger is a ‘damning indictment’ of Britain, says Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu

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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?

Scottish minister remains ‘concerned’ Labour’s child poverty strategy will lack impact
Child poverty

Scottish minister remains ‘concerned’ Labour’s child poverty strategy will lack impact

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Cost of living crisis

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West Ham star Tomáš Souček: ‘We cannot judge homeless people – we can only help’
Football

West Ham star Tomáš Souček: ‘We cannot judge homeless people – we can only help’

23,500 young people face homelessness this winter: ‘Now is the worst time to be homeless’
Homelessness

23,500 young people face homelessness this winter: ‘Now is the worst time to be homeless’

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?

Scottish minister remains ‘concerned’ Labour’s child poverty strategy will lack impact
Scottish social justice minister Shirley-Anne Somerville on the day she announced Scotland would mitigate the two-child limit.
Child poverty

Scottish minister remains ‘concerned’ Labour’s child poverty strategy will lack impact

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

What is child benefit and can I claim it?

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025
dwp benefits christmas/ bauble
Christmas

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025

What do I do if I can’t afford to pay my energy bills?
energy bills
Cost of living

What do I do if I can’t afford to pay my energy bills?

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?
money/ pip backdated payments
Disability benefits

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?

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?

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025
dwp benefits christmas/ bauble
Christmas

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025

What do I do if I can’t afford to pay my energy bills?
energy bills
Cost of living

What do I do if I can’t afford to pay my energy bills?

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?
money/ pip backdated payments
Disability benefits

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?

Food banks

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We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped
Food

We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped

Universal credit flaws are driving people to food banks. It’s time it covered the essentials
A Trussell food bank worker sorting food parcels
Ayaz Manji

Universal credit flaws are driving people to food banks. It’s time it covered the essentials

What a soup kitchen in London’s financial district thinks about a windfall tax on the banks
Banking tax

What a soup kitchen in London’s financial district thinks about a windfall tax on the banks

Oxford university lecturers are turning to food banks. The scandal is that it’s no longer shocking
Bianca Robinson

Oxford university lecturers are turning to food banks. The scandal is that it’s no longer shocking

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Gaza

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Food preparation and the cafe at Granville Community Kitchen in North West London. Image: Mary Turner/ IFAN
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Inside the food banks seeing ‘highest demand ever seen’ as cost of living harms families

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Adoption

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families ‘before it’s too late’