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Voter ID: Everything you need to know about how to vote in May’s elections, and the controversies
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Politics

Voter ID: Everything you need to know about how to vote in May’s elections, and the controversies

6 common myths about strike action, debunked – from salaries and picket lines to public support
Strike action

6 common myths about strike action, debunked – from salaries and picket lines to public support

How does sick pay in the UK compare to the rest of the world?
Sick pay

How does sick pay in the UK compare to the rest of the world?

Minimum wage UK 2023: How does Britain compare to the rest of the world?
Bank notes of currencies from around the world
Minimum wage

Minimum wage UK 2023: How does Britain compare to the rest of the world?

All the changes to minimum wage, income tax, universal credit, cost of living support and more coming in April
Cost of Living Crisis

All the changes to minimum wage, income tax, universal credit, cost of living support and more coming in April

Ramadan: How to support employees, friends and colleagues in the Muslim holy month
A group of diners breaks the Ramadan fast with iftar at Habib's Cuisine in Dearborn, Michigan. Photo credit: State Dept./Brian Widdis
Ramadan

Ramadan: How to support employees, friends and colleagues in the Muslim holy month

Everything you need to know about Red Nose Day ahead of the 2023 telethon
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Red nose day

Everything you need to know about Red Nose Day ahead of the 2023 telethon

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

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

March 15 strike: From tube drivers to teachers, who’s on strike on Wednesday? 
pay rise inflation
Employment

March 15 strike: From tube drivers to teachers, who’s on strike on Wednesday? 

What is social prescribing and could it help ease the NHS mental health crisis?
Mental health

What is social prescribing and could it help ease the NHS mental health crisis?

Here is what Jeremy Hunt's Spring Statement will mean for your bank balance
Jeremy Hunt/ Spring Statement
Cost of living crisis

Here is what Jeremy Hunt's Spring Statement will mean for your bank balance

Illegal Immigration Bill: How does UK refugee policy compare to the rest of the world?
Refugees

Illegal Immigration Bill: How does UK refugee policy compare to the rest of the world?

Protests outside asylum seeker hotels doubled in 2022. Here's what 2023 holds for the far-right
Far-right

Protests outside asylum seeker hotels doubled in 2022. Here's what 2023 holds for the far-right

Is universal credit enough to live on? Here's why experts say the April increase is 'too little, too late'
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Benefits

Is universal credit enough to live on? Here's why experts say the April increase is 'too little, too late'

Could a rent freeze be on the way?
rent freeze and rent controls to combat rising rents
RENTING

Could a rent freeze be on the way?

What happens when nurses go on strike?
nurse portrait
NHS staffing crisis

What happens when nurses go on strike?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
This cost of living calculator shows how different cities in the UK are being hit by inflation
inflation/ cost of living calculator
Cost of living crisis

This cost of living calculator shows how different cities in the UK are being hit by inflation

What is the UK inflation rate? And how is it calculated?
inflation
Inflation

What is the UK inflation rate? And how is it calculated?

Air pollution: How does the UK compare to other countries?
shanghai covered in smog likely due to air pollution
Environment

Air pollution: How does the UK compare to other countries?

Why council tax rises will hit the poorest harder
council tax
Cost of Living crisis

Why council tax rises will hit the poorest harder

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