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Are disability benefit claimants 'ready to work'? The truth behind DWP's claims ahead of welfare reforms
A meeting of the child poverty taskforce. From left to right: Mayor of the North East Kim McGuinness, work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall and education secretary Bridget Phillippson.
Disability benefits

Are disability benefit claimants 'ready to work'? The truth behind DWP's claims ahead of welfare reforms

'You're not a priority if you don't have money': Student told to wait till 2043 for an autism assessment
Autism

'You're not a priority if you don't have money': Student told to wait till 2043 for an autism assessment

DWP to 're-examine' controversial universal credit rule for paying off rental debts
DWP secretary Liz Kendall
Universal credit

DWP to 're-examine' controversial universal credit rule for paying off rental debts

Labour accused of 'turning its back on disabled people' in Grenfell Inquiry response: 'We're dismayed'
Grenfell memorial
Grenfell

Labour accused of 'turning its back on disabled people' in Grenfell Inquiry response: 'We're dismayed'

DWP blew tens of millions in taxpayer cash on fighting disability benefit claims
dwp
Exclusive

DWP blew tens of millions in taxpayer cash on fighting disability benefit claims

Breaking the cycle: Why health equality is key to ending poverty 
Big Issue Invest

Breaking the cycle: Why health equality is key to ending poverty 

No recourse to public funds traps families like mine in poverty. It's time the government ended it
praxis no recourse to public funds group. image of campaigners
Uche

No recourse to public funds traps families like mine in poverty. It's time the government ended it

I went looking for incels – among all the hate and bile, I found some signs of hope
Incels

I went looking for incels – among all the hate and bile, I found some signs of hope

Jason Donovan: 'I enjoyed fame initially – until I left Neighbours'
Letter To My Younger Self

Jason Donovan: 'I enjoyed fame initially – until I left Neighbours'

Loud music ruined my ears – but it doesn't mean I can't still enjoy a Mogwai gig
Music

Loud music ruined my ears – but it doesn't mean I can't still enjoy a Mogwai gig

MS has left me virtually housebound – I fear what disability benefit reforms mean for my future
Charlotte Wright who is living with multiple sclerosis
Charlotte Wright

MS has left me virtually housebound – I fear what disability benefit reforms mean for my future

Ban on puberty blockers is unjust – but young trans people can endure and thrive despite it
LGBTQ+ rights protest
Cleo Madeleine

Ban on puberty blockers is unjust – but young trans people can endure and thrive despite it

There're many NHS problems Labour still needs to solve – but privatisation not the answer, doctors say
NHS

There're many NHS problems Labour still needs to solve – but privatisation not the answer, doctors say

What impact does vaping have on children and young people?
Vaping

What impact does vaping have on children and young people?

11 ways to spread kindness without spending money
Random Acts of Kindness
Random Acts of Kindness Day

11 ways to spread kindness without spending money

Warning after DWP reveals how it uses AI to make decisions on benefits
dwp
Benefits

Warning after DWP reveals how it uses AI to make decisions on benefits

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Why I'm worrying about everything
Sam Delaney

Why I'm worrying about everything

'I had to pay £75 for a chopping board': This is how much extra being disabled costs me
A woman in a wheelchair cutting food on a kitchen counter
Philippa Willitts

'I had to pay £75 for a chopping board': This is how much extra being disabled costs me

This bizarre tale of a snail-obsessed misfit might be the unlikely hit of the Oscars
Film

This bizarre tale of a snail-obsessed misfit might be the unlikely hit of the Oscars

Brits feel just as poor and miserable as they did last year. When will things get better?
Britain

Brits feel just as poor and miserable as they did last year. When will things get better?