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'I have cancer and I'm worried about heating this winter': Energy price cap will leave 6.3 million households in fuel poverty
Wise/ Energy Bills
Energy bills

'I have cancer and I'm worried about heating this winter': Energy price cap will leave 6.3 million households in fuel poverty

This ambitious multi-location production of The Odyssey has created community theatre on the grandest scale
The company of The Odyssey in rehearsals. Credit: National Theatre © Joseph Lynn
theatre and community

This ambitious multi-location production of The Odyssey has created community theatre on the grandest scale

The DWP disability benefits system has 'failed people living with Parkinson's for a decade'
Phil Bungay/ DWP disability benefits
Disability benefits

The DWP disability benefits system has 'failed people living with Parkinson's for a decade'

How one woman helped redefine eco-conscious living in the modern age
Environment

How one woman helped redefine eco-conscious living in the modern age

The 'Ulez election'? After 8 years of Boris Johnson, Uxbridge and South Ruislip has bigger problems
uxbridge, ulez, by-election
ULEZ

The 'Ulez election'? After 8 years of Boris Johnson, Uxbridge and South Ruislip has bigger problems

Panic attacks, pressure to 'ramp up numbers' and a 'bullying atmosphere': Life as a DWP disability benefits assessor
dwp disability benefits
Disability benefits

Panic attacks, pressure to 'ramp up numbers' and a 'bullying atmosphere': Life as a DWP disability benefits assessor

What would a fair disability benefits assessment look like? 
people protest against cuts to disability benefits
PIP assessments

What would a fair disability benefits assessment look like? 

Artists are taking over old supermarkets and derelict buildings. Can they escape artwashing?
A sculpture exhibition attended by lots of people
Urban art

Artists are taking over old supermarkets and derelict buildings. Can they escape artwashing?

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

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

Journey into a post-apocalyptic Manchester 
We Cut Through Dust interactive walking tour. A man on a phone and a neon sign says I LAY IN A RAGE AND LEFT AT FIRST LIGHT
Manchester International

Journey into a post-apocalyptic Manchester 

From prison cell to homeless, how a new law will give former convicts a better chance at turning their lives around
Rehabilitation

From prison cell to homeless, how a new law will give former convicts a better chance at turning their lives around

Refugees are twice as likely to be unemployed. A new scheme in Coventry might have answers
Employment

Refugees are twice as likely to be unemployed. A new scheme in Coventry might have answers

Just 5% of people with a learning disability are employed. This woman is out to prove the world wrong
Aisha/ Learning disability
Learning disability week

Just 5% of people with a learning disability are employed. This woman is out to prove the world wrong

Refugee Week: This is what refugees in the UK want you to know
Refugee Week

Refugee Week: This is what refugees in the UK want you to know

Six years on from Grenfell: This is life in the shadow of the tower
Grenfell

Six years on from Grenfell: This is life in the shadow of the tower

Rocky Horror at 50: 'A place for the marginalised'
Nell Campbell, Patricia Quinn, Tim Curry and Richard O’Brien in the 1975 movie adaptation. Image: Everett Collection Inc / Alamy Stock Photo
another dimension

Rocky Horror at 50: 'A place for the marginalised'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Aleister Crowley and the secret history of UK witches in World War II
Witches of World War II:
history

Aleister Crowley and the secret history of UK witches in World War II

‘My partner died of Aids and no one knew because it was illegal to be gay in the armed forces’
patrick/ gay in the military
LGBT+ veterans

‘My partner died of Aids and no one knew because it was illegal to be gay in the armed forces’

Families are the invisible victims of addiction forgotten by our healthcare system
Addiction

Families are the invisible victims of addiction forgotten by our healthcare system

Has Manchester found an innovative way to tackle begging?
Manchester street engagement hub set up to tackle begging
Homelessness

Has Manchester found an innovative way to tackle begging?

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