Employment

Young people urgently need a stake in the future. Does the autumn budget deliver it?
Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey prepares to deliver the Budget at 11 Downing Street
Autumn budget

Young people urgently need a stake in the future. Does the autumn budget deliver it?

As Andy Burnham promises to end neoliberalism, young people facing soaring rents, mounting debt and insecure work are left wondering whether the autumn budget offers meaningful change, writes Naked Politics’ Banseka Kayembe
How can we end rough sleeping when frontline workers are facing burnout?
a homeless man lying down sleeping rough on the street
Housing

How can we end rough sleeping when frontline workers are facing burnout?

'I was homeless and now I'm a tour guide. It's walking and talking - which I'm actually good at!'
Mandy shares historical facts in the gardens of Old Gala House, a 16th-century mansion that’s now a museum
Travel

'I was homeless and now I'm a tour guide. It's walking and talking - which I'm actually good at!'

'I used to be a prison governor. Now I support prison leavers become self-employed'
Prisons

'I used to be a prison governor. Now I support prison leavers become self-employed'

There's a new grant to help musicians build sustainable careers. But there's a catch
Music

There's a new grant to help musicians build sustainable careers. But there's a catch

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Aberdeen through the eyes of a former homeless person: 'I showed Prince William around the city'
Invisible Cities tour guide showing a tour group a mural by Sheffield artist Phlegm at Holborn Junction, Aberdeen
Travel

Aberdeen through the eyes of a former homeless person: 'I showed Prince William around the city'

DWP rule change means people in temporary accommodation no longer lose money for working
a person working at a desk
Social Justice

DWP rule change means people in temporary accommodation no longer lose money for working

The Apprentice's Tim Campbell: 'I'd make degrees free. We should treat education as infrastructure'
Tim Campbell
PM For The PM

The Apprentice's Tim Campbell: 'I'd make degrees free. We should treat education as infrastructure'

Dealing with the cost of living is essential to help young people out of Britain’s NEETs crisis
young people looking out on the sunset
Kamran Malekzai

Dealing with the cost of living is essential to help young people out of Britain’s NEETs crisis

‘I got a job so quickly. Big Issue Recruit changed my life’
Hollie found a job with C&C Group thanks to the help of Big Issue Recruit
Big Issue Recruit

‘I got a job so quickly. Big Issue Recruit changed my life’

I'm a KFC youth worker. Young people aren't a lost cause – we're failing them at the first hurdle
Young people at the KFC Youth Foundation Middlesborough Youth Hub.
Ellie Smith

I'm a KFC youth worker. Young people aren't a lost cause – we're failing them at the first hurdle

How your first job can determine what you earn for the rest of your career
a woman shaking hands with a man at a desk
Employment

How your first job can determine what you earn for the rest of your career

Over a million workers 'trapped in poverty' as they lose nearly £500 a month in cancelled shifts
A barista at work. Insecure work can be expensive for employees
insecure work

Over a million workers 'trapped in poverty' as they lose nearly £500 a month in cancelled shifts

Formula E and giffgaff give Big Issue Recruit candidates a taste of the workplace: ‘It was amazing’
Formula E cars at the London E-prix
Advertorial

Formula E and giffgaff give Big Issue Recruit candidates a taste of the workplace: ‘It was amazing’

NEET numbers fall but young people still face jobs crisis: 'This is not a turning point'
people walking
NEETs

NEET numbers fall but young people still face jobs crisis: 'This is not a turning point'

'I’m in spaces where I’m the only girl and feel like I have to outshine everyone to make a point'
Girl Grind UK
Employment

'I’m in spaces where I’m the only girl and feel like I have to outshine everyone to make a point'

'Everyone wants a job and it's a nightmare': What it's like to be a NEET young person in Britain
wren hill
Youth unemployment

'Everyone wants a job and it's a nightmare': What it's like to be a NEET young person in Britain

Maya Jama: 'Breaking into the creative industries shouldn’t come down to who you know'
Maya Jama
Employment

Maya Jama: 'Breaking into the creative industries shouldn’t come down to who you know'

NEETs crisis: How did one million young people fall off the career ladder?
Shuab Gamote
NEETs

NEETs crisis: How did one million young people fall off the career ladder?

Formula E and giffgaff partner to create new opportunities for Big Issue Recruit candidates
Partnership

Formula E and giffgaff partner to create new opportunities for Big Issue Recruit candidates

The UK can’t achieve growth and lower poverty with a million young people locked out of opportunity
young people with skateboards sat around on phones
Richard Rigby

The UK can’t achieve growth and lower poverty with a million young people locked out of opportunity

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Here's what Andy Burnham can do right away to address homelessness and NEETs crisis
Andy Burnham
Politics

Here's what Andy Burnham can do right away to address homelessness and NEETs crisis

'At your sick child's bedside, the last thing you need is to not feel supported financially'
Michael Duffy, who is now a healthy five-year-old but had an aggressive form of childhood cancer.
Employment rights

'At your sick child's bedside, the last thing you need is to not feel supported financially'

I was homeless and battling addiction. Now I run a charity helping others get through their struggles
Robert Smith

I was homeless and battling addiction. Now I run a charity helping others get through their struggles

UK workers are facing the same problems across the country. We should join together to fight them
workers
Carolyn Hayman

UK workers are facing the same problems across the country. We should join together to fight them