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One of the biggest problems this election? Faith in politics and media is at rock bottom
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Matteo Bergamini

One of the biggest problems this election? Faith in politics and media is at rock bottom

Thousands back our call for next government to take immediate action on poverty
Big Issue vendors, frontline staff and campaigners with placards calling for an end to poverty on Westminster Bridge.
General election 2024

Thousands back our call for next government to take immediate action on poverty

Benefits, bills and safe routes for refugees: All the issues the major parties aren't talking about
Sunak and Starmer debate
General election 2024

Benefits, bills and safe routes for refugees: All the issues the major parties aren't talking about

June 2024 payment dates for DWP benefits – plus universal credit increase
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Benefits

June 2024 payment dates for DWP benefits – plus universal credit increase

Companies put shareholders ahead of people and planet. The next government must change that
Capitalism: Skyscrapers in the city of London
Eleanor Shearer and Chris Turner

Companies put shareholders ahead of people and planet. The next government must change that

Number of pensioners in poverty will double by 2040 unless next government acts
pensioner poverty ageing population
Joanna Elson

Number of pensioners in poverty will double by 2040 unless next government acts

We must 'tackle poverty to save the NHS and improve the nation's health', next government told
Health

We must 'tackle poverty to save the NHS and improve the nation's health', next government told

DWP universal credit increase 2024 – everything benefit claimants need to know
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Universal credit

DWP universal credit increase 2024 – everything benefit claimants need to know

DWP plans to spy on benefit claimants' bank accounts must 'never be resurrected'
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Department for Work and Pensions

DWP plans to spy on benefit claimants' bank accounts must 'never be resurrected'

Child benefit: Parents left 'hungry' as HMRC glitch means half a million haven't received payments
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Child benefits

Child benefit: Parents left 'hungry' as HMRC glitch means half a million haven't received payments

This election, we must demand social security be rocket-fuelled so it becomes social opportunity
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John Bird

This election, we must demand social security be rocket-fuelled so it becomes social opportunity

Letters: Sunak is one of Britain's richest men – how can he relate to people on benefits?
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Letters

Letters: Sunak is one of Britain's richest men – how can he relate to people on benefits?

Universal credit claimants lose more than £1bn a year to 'automatic DWP deductions'
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Department for Work and Pensions

Universal credit claimants lose more than £1bn a year to 'automatic DWP deductions'

General election 2024: Our Blueprint for Change calls on next government to end poverty for good
Big Issue blueprint for change for general election 2024 contested by Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer
General election 2024

General election 2024: Our Blueprint for Change calls on next government to end poverty for good

Dignified quality of life or gaslighting? Tories' 'triple lock plus' pension pledge divides voters
pensioner
General election 2024

Dignified quality of life or gaslighting? Tories' 'triple lock plus' pension pledge divides voters

Letters: Sunak and his cronies who think benefits are unsustainable should stop lining their pockets
Rishi Sunak
Letters

Letters: Sunak and his cronies who think benefits are unsustainable should stop lining their pockets

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Prison leavers are being neglected due to lack of digital skills. It's time for change
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Elizabeth Anderson

Prison leavers are being neglected due to lack of digital skills. It's time for change

Abuse survivor tried to take her own life after years-long battle with DWP over disability benefits
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Department for Work and Pensions

Abuse survivor tried to take her own life after years-long battle with DWP over disability benefits

Four million Brits struggle with problem debt. Now's the time for the next government to step up
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Vikki Brownridge

Four million Brits struggle with problem debt. Now's the time for the next government to step up

Cost of living crisis drives 3 million cash-strapped Brits to 'dangerous' loan sharks, study finds
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Loan sharks

Cost of living crisis drives 3 million cash-strapped Brits to 'dangerous' loan sharks, study finds

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