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Wages are rising... but only to what they were in 2009
![Wages are at levels seen in 2009, when Gordon Brown was prime minister and Barack Obama was president. Image: London Summit](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/3404247796_d6b15abcbf_o-e1635263920141.jpg?w=768)
Wages are rising... but only to what they were in 2009
What is greenwashing and what can you do about it?
![Final Day of Impossible Rebellion - March for Nature, London 4th September 2021](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/51425118680_2f16de5d4a_o.jpg?w=768)
What is greenwashing and what can you do about it?
'We need business rates reform not crippling hikes' trade groups tell Rishi Sunak ahead of Budget
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'We need business rates reform not crippling hikes' trade groups tell Rishi Sunak ahead of Budget
Food shortages: Is Boris Johnson treating the UK like one big Tesco?
![Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak unload crates at Tesco](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50590852772_e60482e4e7_o.jpg?w=768)
Food shortages: Is Boris Johnson treating the UK like one big Tesco?
Labour shortage: UK needs 1.1 million people to fill record job vacancies
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Labour shortage: UK needs 1.1 million people to fill record job vacancies
London buses transformed into healthcare and support hubs for people sleeping rough
![London mayor Sadiq Khan and Change Please CEO Cemal Ezel on one of the Driving For Change buses. Image: Cachella Smith](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/DrivingforChange3-scaled-e1633611796128.jpg?w=768)
London buses transformed into healthcare and support hubs for people sleeping rough
Paid internship and financial health start-ups win Covid recovery grants
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Paid internship and financial health start-ups win Covid recovery grants
Embattled market traders occupy their own units after being evicted
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Embattled market traders occupy their own units after being evicted
Excluded from Covid support: How one missed deadline made a man homeless
![James Barnett before the pandemic. He was shut out of financial support and pushed into homelessness. Photo credit: James Barnett](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Image-1.jpeg?w=757)
Excluded from Covid support: How one missed deadline made a man homeless
Plans to 'modernise' working life will allow employees to request flexibility from day one
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Plans to 'modernise' working life will allow employees to request flexibility from day one
Weetabix workers strike over fire and rehire plans to 'cut £5,000 a year from wages'
![Weetabix workers on strike at Corby factory.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/wheetabix-feature-image-e1632213035967.jpg?w=768)
Weetabix workers strike over fire and rehire plans to 'cut £5,000 a year from wages'
Imperial measurements? What’s really on the government agenda
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Imperial measurements? What’s really on the government agenda
Days left to join The Big Exchange crowdfund as sustainable investing grows
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Days left to join The Big Exchange crowdfund as sustainable investing grows
JP Morgan joins The Big Exchange for fairer, sustainable investing
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JP Morgan joins The Big Exchange for fairer, sustainable investing
Social investing: Here’s how you can invest to help build a better world
![Through social investing, The Big Issue group will invest only in companies whose core purpose is to build the technologies that will solve the climate emergency and create a cleaner, more sustainable, world. Image credit: GoranH / Pixabay](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/school-strike-4-climate-4059178_1920.jpg?w=768)
Social investing: Here’s how you can invest to help build a better world
Can you really put purpose before profit in big business?
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Can you really put purpose before profit in big business?
The Big Issue's own bargain hunter shares his top antique-selling tips
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