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Inside the mission to feed the UK's hungry kids in the holidays: 'If we had to buy food we wouldn't survive'
Holiday hunger

Inside the mission to feed the UK's hungry kids in the holidays: 'If we had to buy food we wouldn't survive'

As the government puts millions towards rescuing spare food from farms, we discover how donated food is all that stands between vulnerable kids and hunger
Gladiators star Zack George: 'We want my son's short time on this Earth to have a positive effect'
Charity

Gladiators star Zack George: 'We want my son's short time on this Earth to have a positive effect'

The UK has a fertility crisis – here's how we solve it
Stock image of a pregnant person's baby bump
Professor Geeta Nargund

The UK has a fertility crisis – here's how we solve it

'It will be a crisis': Adult social care pushed to the brink by government's overseas care worker ban
Social care

'It will be a crisis': Adult social care pushed to the brink by government's overseas care worker ban

Mental Health Bill leaves 'dangerous gaps' which could threaten our human rights
Dr Thomas Peck

Mental Health Bill leaves 'dangerous gaps' which could threaten our human rights

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Calls for major change to health and safety laws as UK battered by yet another heatwave
Man mopping his head to illustrate a story on heatwaves
Heatwave

Calls for major change to health and safety laws as UK battered by yet another heatwave

Cuts will rip the heart out of Samaritans at a time when it's never been needed more
Laura Cooke

Cuts will rip the heart out of Samaritans at a time when it's never been needed more

Comedian Rob Auton on staying motivated at the Edinburgh Fringe: 'The effort is the best part'
Edinburgh Fringe

Comedian Rob Auton on staying motivated at the Edinburgh Fringe: 'The effort is the best part'

An old football sticker book turns pub night into a nostalgia fest
Sam Delaney

An old football sticker book turns pub night into a nostalgia fest

How I cured my hypochondria
Health

How I cured my hypochondria

This prison theatre project prepares young offenders for life on the outside: 'Art can be a game changer'
Prisons

This prison theatre project prepares young offenders for life on the outside: 'Art can be a game changer'

Measles, whooping cough and infection: Why children's health is getting worse in the UK
a child having pulse checked
Child poverty

Measles, whooping cough and infection: Why children's health is getting worse in the UK

How cancer patients could suffer after Labour's cuts to universal credit
Dr Millie Light
Millie Light

How cancer patients could suffer after Labour's cuts to universal credit

How Arsenal is empowering young disabled people through football: 'It's one of the best things you can do'
Jack at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium. Image: Arsenal in the Community
Football

How Arsenal is empowering young disabled people through football: 'It's one of the best things you can do'

Disabled Big Issue vendor Jason has fought 21 years for an accessible home. There are millions like him
Our Vendors

Disabled Big Issue vendor Jason has fought 21 years for an accessible home. There are millions like him

Who needs meditation when you have a garden to potter in?
Paul McNamee

Who needs meditation when you have a garden to potter in?

One year on from the riots: The real-world cost of anti-women and anti-refugee politics
A woman holding up a sign saying 'HEAR US'
Carenza Arnold

One year on from the riots: The real-world cost of anti-women and anti-refugee politics

Is the Timms Review of disability benefit PIP just a tick-box exercise?
stephen timms
Mikey Erhardt

Is the Timms Review of disability benefit PIP just a tick-box exercise?

Universal credit cuts will push 50,000 into poverty despite government's U-turn, MPs warn
Liz Kendall
Disability benefits

Universal credit cuts will push 50,000 into poverty despite government's U-turn, MPs warn

Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way
Darren McGarvey
Health inequalities

Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way

I'm a social worker – don't judge me for it
Clair Graham

I'm a social worker – don't judge me for it

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
We need to end health inequalities for trans and non-binary people – let's start with GP services
Louise Ansari

We need to end health inequalities for trans and non-binary people – let's start with GP services

Few trafficking and modern slavery survivors get counselling. They have to face their trauma alone
a therapist with a client
Kate

Few trafficking and modern slavery survivors get counselling. They have to face their trauma alone

Revealed: Scrapping two-child benefit limit will make 'no difference at all' to 140,000 children in poverty
A small child's hand holds an adult's finger
Two-child limit

Revealed: Scrapping two-child benefit limit will make 'no difference at all' to 140,000 children in poverty

24 discounted days out for families on universal credit and other benefits this summer holiday
zoo
Summer survival guide

24 discounted days out for families on universal credit and other benefits this summer holiday