Finance

DWP could violate human rights with plan to snoop on benefit claimants' bank accounts
A miniature figurine businessman looking down on an information booklet for department for work and pensions
Benefits

DWP could violate human rights with plan to snoop on benefit claimants' bank accounts

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has said it is 'committed' to its plan for bank account surveillance in spite of legal advice which has warned that it may breach privacy law
Unsecured debt such as credit cards and loans at highest level in a decade, charity warns
debt/ credit card
Debt

Unsecured debt such as credit cards and loans at highest level in a decade, charity warns

'Not just for the super-rich': How ethical investing can change the world
Ethical investing

'Not just for the super-rich': How ethical investing can change the world

Loud budgeting is the radical new TikTok trend helping Gen Z talk about money
Finances

Loud budgeting is the radical new TikTok trend helping Gen Z talk about money

Millions of people at risk of 'toxic cycle' of long-term mental health and money problems
Cost of living crisis

Millions of people at risk of 'toxic cycle' of long-term mental health and money problems

There's no shame in being skint. Talking about money worries will free you
Finance

There's no shame in being skint. Talking about money worries will free you

Is social impact investing the solution to the temporary accommodation crisis?
Lee Big Society Capital social impact investing
Big Issue Invest

Is social impact investing the solution to the temporary accommodation crisis?

Tens of thousands call on DWP to reinstate 'lifeline' cost of living payment for disabled people
thomas howard campaigning for the disability cost of living payment
Disabilities

Tens of thousands call on DWP to reinstate 'lifeline' cost of living payment for disabled people

To bank on a better future, start with moving your money somewhere ethical and green
A piggy bank with a flower painted on it
Banking

To bank on a better future, start with moving your money somewhere ethical and green

Four out of five people getting loans from supermarket Iceland to cover food costs are women
Iceland Food Club
Food poverty

Four out of five people getting loans from supermarket Iceland to cover food costs are women

Is the fiscal ‘black hole’ real? We asked economists
Jeremy Hunt, autumn statement
Politics

Is the fiscal ‘black hole’ real? We asked economists

Inequality is widening in the UK and family wealth is the driving factor
Inequality

Inequality is widening in the UK and family wealth is the driving factor

Setting up a side hustle? Read this first to avoid getting caught out
A woman uses a sewing machine sat at her kitchen table
Employment

Setting up a side hustle? Read this first to avoid getting caught out

Is your bank funding fossil fuels? Here's how to find out
Eight in ten HSBC and Barclays customers didn't know the banks invested in fossil fuels
Fossil fuels

Is your bank funding fossil fuels? Here's how to find out

Tips and tricks for success in getting funding for your social enterprise
social enterprise funding
Social enterprise

Tips and tricks for success in getting funding for your social enterprise

Our economy should benefit everyone. So where did it all go wrong?
Skyscrapers in the city of London on a clear blue day
JK Wright

Our economy should benefit everyone. So where did it all go wrong?

Let's turn up the heat on global leaders to divest from fossil fuels
Eight in ten HSBC and Barclays customers didn't know the banks invested in fossil fuels
Molly Scott Cato

Let's turn up the heat on global leaders to divest from fossil fuels

Barclays shareholders refuse to phase out fossil fuels
Demonstrators protesting Barclays' fossil fuels investment in 2017
Environment

Barclays shareholders refuse to phase out fossil fuels

Mervyn King: How to draw the right lessons from this crisis
News

Mervyn King: How to draw the right lessons from this crisis

Michael Sheen backs £1m fair credit campaign for low income families
Michael Sheen Carnegie UK Trust
Activism

Michael Sheen backs £1m fair credit campaign for low income families

Government raids dormant bank accounts for £330m to aid vulnerable
Tracey Crouch
News

Government raids dormant bank accounts for £330m to aid vulnerable

Fair for You: "In the UK 15m adults can’t access mainstream credit"
Man holding credit refusal letter
Guest Columnist

Fair for You: "In the UK 15m adults can’t access mainstream credit"

Will the poorest be better off after Brexit?
Guest Columnist

Will the poorest be better off after Brexit?

A very welcome bill for Generation Rent
To Let house signs
Housing

A very welcome bill for Generation Rent

Ice cream van man had 99 problems but the cash ain’t one after £3,000 loan
News

Ice cream van man had 99 problems but the cash ain’t one after £3,000 loan