Social Justice
I battled leukaemia and then lost my fiancée to cancer. Here’s how I found hope in the grief
I battled leukaemia and then lost my fiancée to cancer. Here’s how I found hope in the grief
TikTok star Brett Harman speaks to the Big Issue about his story, from his own cancer diagnosis to losing his partner Hannah. He wanted to speak out to give people hope that there can still be happiness in life after losing someone
Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Brits to have energy bill debt written off
Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Brits to have energy bill debt written off
Teen scholar trapped in Gaza after being blocked by Home Office from joining her mum in UK
Teen scholar trapped in Gaza after being blocked by Home Office from joining her mum in UK
Top Stories
Families with disabled children left waiting months to get benefits due to DWP delays
Families with disabled children left waiting months to get benefits due to DWP delays
Growing number of disabled people turning to sex work amid benefit cuts and rising living costs
Growing number of disabled people turning to sex work amid benefit cuts and rising living costs
Cost of living crisis
DWP payment dates in November 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month
DWP payment dates in November 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month
Ofgem’s plan to write off £500m of energy debt is welcome – but it’s not enough to solve the crisis
Ofgem’s plan to write off £500m of energy debt is welcome – but it’s not enough to solve the crisis
Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Brits to have energy bill debt written off
Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Brits to have energy bill debt written off
Growing number of disabled people turning to sex work amid benefit cuts and rising living costs
Growing number of disabled people turning to sex work amid benefit cuts and rising living costs
Advice & support
Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025
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?
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?
What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?
How to navigate DWP disability benefit applications and PIP assessments
How to navigate DWP disability benefit applications and PIP assessments
Facts and figures
Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
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
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?
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?
What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?
Food banks
Oxford university lecturers are turning to food banks. The scandal is that it’s no longer shocking
Oxford university lecturers are turning to food banks. The scandal is that it’s no longer shocking
Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts
Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts
I reached out to a food bank after losing everything – it changed my life forever
I reached out to a food bank after losing everything – it changed my life forever
Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: ‘Our future is secure’
Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: ‘Our future is secure’
In case you missed it
Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way
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’
Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: ‘We try to make the students smile’
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
These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families ‘before it’s too late’
