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Employment

Teachers strike: 'We walk out not just for pay, but for our most vulnerable pupils'
group of elementary school kids and their teacher lying down while working in the library
Nadeine Asbali

Teachers strike: 'We walk out not just for pay, but for our most vulnerable pupils'

End Friday releases for prisoners so they can access housing and health services, Big Issue founder tells Lords
Illustration of a person bending bars
Criminal justice system

End Friday releases for prisoners so they can access housing and health services, Big Issue founder tells Lords

How the UK prison system 'sets people up to fail'
prison
Prisons

How the UK prison system 'sets people up to fail'

Police launch probe after Liverpool cafe serving homeless people for free hit with third break-in in two weeks
Paper Cup Coffee Liverpool
Homelessness

Police launch probe after Liverpool cafe serving homeless people for free hit with third break-in in two weeks

‘We had to turn away a man who hadn’t eaten for two days’: Liverpool café serving homeless people for free broken into twice in two weeks
Paper Cup Coffee opened last year in Liverpool to give homeless people free food
Homelessness

‘We had to turn away a man who hadn’t eaten for two days’: Liverpool café serving homeless people for free broken into twice in two weeks

In pictures: 400,000 on strike as Jeremy Hunt unveils ‘back to work’ budget
strikes
Activism

In pictures: 400,000 on strike as Jeremy Hunt unveils ‘back to work’ budget

Budget 2023: Here's what's missing from Jeremy Hunt's 'growth' statement
Spring budget

Budget 2023: Here's what's missing from Jeremy Hunt's 'growth' statement

What will Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget mean for you?
Spring budget

What will Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget mean for you?

The real Repair Shop: Jay Blades and former vendor Steve's new restoration venture
Jay Blades and Steve Wyatt
News

The real Repair Shop: Jay Blades and former vendor Steve's new restoration venture

Menopause policies would keep women in work. Why won't the government listen?
Elizabeth Carr-Ellis

Menopause policies would keep women in work. Why won't the government listen?

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Employment
Cafe Van Gogh
Changemakers 2023

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Employment

Unions call ‘emergency’ protest outside Downing Street over anti-strike law
Signs that read
Protest

Unions call ‘emergency’ protest outside Downing Street over anti-strike law

£15 minimum wage: Who is calling for it and could it happen?
A street cleaner collects a bag of waste from a public bin.
Employment

£15 minimum wage: Who is calling for it and could it happen?

Cafe that finds work for adults with learning disabilities appeals for help amid cost of living crisis
Cafe Van Gogh
Small businesses

Cafe that finds work for adults with learning disabilities appeals for help amid cost of living crisis

Here are the 10 MPs making the most money on top of their salaries
MP second jobs
MPs

Here are the 10 MPs making the most money on top of their salaries

Strikes will have a seismic impact for UK workers in 2023
Postal workers strike
James Meadway

Strikes will have a seismic impact for UK workers in 2023

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
These Christmas decorations are made in hostel bedrooms by people experiencing homelessness
Pivot, Meet the Maker
Meet the maker

These Christmas decorations are made in hostel bedrooms by people experiencing homelessness

Exclusive: Sky has 'food banks' across call centres for staff who can't afford essentials
Cost of living crisis

Exclusive: Sky has 'food banks' across call centres for staff who can't afford essentials

'We are understaffed, undervalued and underpaid': Nurses vote on first national strike over pay
nurses strike
HEALTH

'We are understaffed, undervalued and underpaid': Nurses vote on first national strike over pay

Children as young as 14 are having to get jobs to provide for their families
Cost of living crisis

Children as young as 14 are having to get jobs to provide for their families

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