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Cost of living crisis

A million households face a £500-a-month hike as mortgage rates skyrocket. Here's where to get help
Illustration of houses going up in size
Mortgages

A million households face a £500-a-month hike as mortgage rates skyrocket. Here's where to get help

Women in North East of England nearly twice as likely to die early from suicide, addiction or domestic homicide
Health inequalities

Women in North East of England nearly twice as likely to die early from suicide, addiction or domestic homicide

Big Issue mural transforms Shoreditch street into store for magazine sellers
Big Issue seller Paul Logan at Big Issue mural in London
Our vendors

Big Issue mural transforms Shoreditch street into store for magazine sellers

The accidental food bank: How youth clubs are becoming frontline services
Food banks

The accidental food bank: How youth clubs are becoming frontline services

90,000 people sign open letter to Rishi Sunak demanding free school meals for all
free school meals for all
Week of action

90,000 people sign open letter to Rishi Sunak demanding free school meals for all

Will giving workers a pay rise really make inflation worse? We asked expert economists
pay rise inflation
Inflation

Will giving workers a pay rise really make inflation worse? We asked expert economists

Free school meals for all would generate billions for the economy. Here's why
Free school meals illustration
Week of action

Free school meals for all would generate billions for the economy. Here's why

These countries offer free school meals for all – so why can't the UK?
Free school meals
Week of action

These countries offer free school meals for all – so why can't the UK?

People in poverty are at greater risk of sunburn and skin cancer. Charities are calling for action
sunscreen/ sunburn
Cost of living crisis

People in poverty are at greater risk of sunburn and skin cancer. Charities are calling for action

Protect babies and children from malnutrition in cost of living crisis, government urged
Happy infant baby boy spoon eats itself;
child poverty

Protect babies and children from malnutrition in cost of living crisis, government urged

Austerity was something we simply could not afford
2010 general election campaign. Image: Glenn Copus/Evening Standard/Shutterstock
John Bird

Austerity was something we simply could not afford

We must trust our universal basic instinct
Paul McNamee

We must trust our universal basic instinct

Could food banks be relegated to the history books?
trussell trust food banks
Sabine Goodwin

Could food banks be relegated to the history books?

Here's where to get instant cost of living advice
cost of living
money

Here's where to get instant cost of living advice

Robert Carlyle says the UK has had enough of the Tories as The Full Monty arrives on Disney+
Robert Carlyle
Politics

Robert Carlyle says the UK has had enough of the Tories as The Full Monty arrives on Disney+

The cost of living crisis is hurting frontline homelessness services
homelesness services are struggling to deal with the cost of living crisis
Homelessness

The cost of living crisis is hurting frontline homelessness services

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The Gallows Pole 'reflects what the country is going through now' says Shane Meadows
Michael Socha and Sophie McShera in The Gallows Pole
Interview

The Gallows Pole 'reflects what the country is going through now' says Shane Meadows

How to join a union
Signs that read
Trade unions

How to join a union

Government's £4bn childcare plan will 'leave disadvantaged kids behind', charities warn
childcare
Childcare

Government's £4bn childcare plan will 'leave disadvantaged kids behind', charities warn

As 'I, Daniel Blake' hits the stage, here's why it's needed more than ever
A scene from I Daniel Blake the movie
Theatre

As 'I, Daniel Blake' hits the stage, here's why it's needed more than ever