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Rail company sparks outrage over 'profiteering' charge for water in London station: 'Total disgrace'
Water

Rail company sparks outrage over 'profiteering' charge for water in London station: 'Total disgrace'

Brazil wants to tax the world's wealthiest 3,000 people. Here's how that money could change the world
Cost of living crisis protest, Enough is enough, UK protest
A Modest Proposal

Brazil wants to tax the world's wealthiest 3,000 people. Here's how that money could change the world

Millions of Brits made ill because their home is too hot, study finds – as UK faces heatwave
houses
Heatwave

Millions of Brits made ill because their home is too hot, study finds – as UK faces heatwave

Suffering a brain injury forced me out of work and onto benefits – it's a lonely thing to go through
scott and hayley after brain injury
Health

Suffering a brain injury forced me out of work and onto benefits – it's a lonely thing to go through

'It was like the place was waiting for me': Three Big Issue vendors went to the Lake District – and were transformed
Our vendors

'It was like the place was waiting for me': Three Big Issue vendors went to the Lake District – and were transformed

Surge in babies dying before their first birthday, study finds – especially in deprived areas
baby
Health inequality

Surge in babies dying before their first birthday, study finds – especially in deprived areas

Scrapping two-child benefit cap would save hundreds of infants' lives, study finds
Stock photo of children to illustrate story on two-child benefit cap
Two-child benefit cap

Scrapping two-child benefit cap would save hundreds of infants' lives, study finds

IDLES superfan with Angelman syndrome performs onstage with favourite band
Punk band IDLES and superfan Alastair Smith
MUSIC

IDLES superfan with Angelman syndrome performs onstage with favourite band

How to save money on childcare over the summer holidays
summer holiday childcare
Childcare

How to save money on childcare over the summer holidays

Inside the Big Issue: The place that was waiting for us
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: The place that was waiting for us

Letters: A lot of pensioners need the winter fuel payment – but they're missing out
Letters

Letters: A lot of pensioners need the winter fuel payment – but they're missing out

NHS spending on private mental health beds soars to £1.4bn in five years: 'Terrible things are happening'
Mental health

NHS spending on private mental health beds soars to £1.4bn in five years: 'Terrible things are happening'

Comedian Marjolein Robertson on turning folklore and menstruation into comedy gold
Marjolein Robertson
Comedy

Comedian Marjolein Robertson on turning folklore and menstruation into comedy gold

'An act of desperation': GPs vote for industrial action for the first time in 60 years
Employment

'An act of desperation': GPs vote for industrial action for the first time in 60 years

I was granted Freedom of the City but – in my wheelchair – not the freedom of the room
Anna Landre

I was granted Freedom of the City but – in my wheelchair – not the freedom of the room

Winter fuel payments restricted to pensioners on certain benefits
rachel reeves
Benefits

Winter fuel payments restricted to pensioners on certain benefits

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
GPs threaten to bring 'NHS to a standstill' with industrial action as junior doctors reach pay deal
NHS

GPs threaten to bring 'NHS to a standstill' with industrial action as junior doctors reach pay deal

'It doesn't have to be this way': More than 200,000 kids needed help from baby banks last year
baby bank
Baby banks

'It doesn't have to be this way': More than 200,000 kids needed help from baby banks last year

Alan Titchmarsh makes the Calm app look like a house party thrown by Super Hans
Lucy Sweet

Alan Titchmarsh makes the Calm app look like a house party thrown by Super Hans

Olympic champion Laura Kenny: 'I was told cycling wasn't a proper job'
Laura Kenny at the 2020 Olympics
Letter To My Younger Self

Olympic champion Laura Kenny: 'I was told cycling wasn't a proper job'