financial and digital inclusion

DWP's 'automation' of universal credit discriminates against single mums, researchers say
benefits/ money
Universal credit

DWP's 'automation' of universal credit discriminates against single mums, researchers say

Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation is an eerie prediction of our surveillance age
Film

Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation is an eerie prediction of our surveillance age

Opinion polls are an important cog in our democracy – but the only poll that counts is election day
A polling station sign hangs on a wire fence outside a building
Jane Frost

Opinion polls are an important cog in our democracy – but the only poll that counts is election day

Zoë Wanamaker on Donald Trump, 'right-wing a**holes' and why we all should be kinder to one another
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Social justice

Zoë Wanamaker on Donald Trump, 'right-wing a**holes' and why we all should be kinder to one another

Tory election betting scandal is grim – but vulnerable people are gambling's real victims
Gambling

Tory election betting scandal is grim – but vulnerable people are gambling's real victims

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
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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'
Person using an ATM
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
childcare
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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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