health and wellbeing

DWP wants to send job coaches into mental health hospitals. Here's why it's a 'dangerous' idea
Employment

DWP wants to send job coaches into mental health hospitals. Here's why it's a 'dangerous' idea

TV legend Carol Vorderman on death, social media and why she's still voice of the opposition
Exclusive

TV legend Carol Vorderman on death, social media and why she's still voice of the opposition

Over half of London working parents use food banks, study finds: 'Is this the country we live in?'
Food banks

Over half of London working parents use food banks, study finds: 'Is this the country we live in?'

'It's disastrous': Furious pensioners call on government to reverse winter fuel payment cuts
pensioner holding up sign 'cold kills old people'
Winter fuel payment

'It's disastrous': Furious pensioners call on government to reverse winter fuel payment cuts

I ended up in hospital due to lack of legal aid for my asylum claim – I got physically sick
a man with a backpack leans against a lamppost
Social Justice

I ended up in hospital due to lack of legal aid for my asylum claim – I got physically sick

Woman suffers stroke and loses three stone after DWP stops her disability benefits: 'I was a skeleton'
Angela Cater
Disability benefits

Woman suffers stroke and loses three stone after DWP stops her disability benefits: 'I was a skeleton'

Nearly half of Londoners don't realise how bad child poverty actually is: 'Deeply concerning'
child in london
Child poverty

Nearly half of Londoners don't realise how bad child poverty actually is: 'Deeply concerning'

Hunger and broken shoes: Why we need a more compassionate approach to council tax debt collection
debt worries
Emily Whitford

Hunger and broken shoes: Why we need a more compassionate approach to council tax debt collection

John McDonnell fears 'people will lose their lives' if Labour cuts benefits in autumn budget
john mcdonnell
Exclusive

John McDonnell fears 'people will lose their lives' if Labour cuts benefits in autumn budget

Council tax debt collectors 'significantly harming' health of those struggling to pay, report finds
a man with an empty wallet
Council tax

Council tax debt collectors 'significantly harming' health of those struggling to pay, report finds

Yes, live music can change your life
Sam Delaney

Yes, live music can change your life

First minister John Swinney: 'Eradicating child poverty is the best thing I can do for Scotland'
Politics

First minister John Swinney: 'Eradicating child poverty is the best thing I can do for Scotland'

Will Labour's employment and renting reform bills finally end millennials' insecurity?
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner
Alice Martin

Will Labour's employment and renting reform bills finally end millennials' insecurity?

Hundreds of thousands of pensioners miss out DWP pension credit worth £1,900: 'Disappointing'
pensioners
Pensioners

Hundreds of thousands of pensioners miss out DWP pension credit worth £1,900: 'Disappointing'

Mental health impact of debt and cost of living must stop being overlooked
benefits dwp/ piggy bank
Julie Bentley

Mental health impact of debt and cost of living must stop being overlooked

Three million children are facing hunger in the UK – with kids under four most at risk
boy leaning back on a wall looking sad
Poverty

Three million children are facing hunger in the UK – with kids under four most at risk

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Disability benefits system is damaging claimants' health, DWP's own analysis finds: 'It's degrading'
disability benefits
Disability benefits

Disability benefits system is damaging claimants' health, DWP's own analysis finds: 'It's degrading'

Letters: Keir Starmer, please keep our loved ones warm this winter
Letters

Letters: Keir Starmer, please keep our loved ones warm this winter

Author Matt Haig: 'I was a teenage shoplifter. In my foolish brain I was a kind of Robin Hood'
Matt Haig
Letter To My Younger Self

Author Matt Haig: 'I was a teenage shoplifter. In my foolish brain I was a kind of Robin Hood'

Starmer and Streeting have talked the talk on mental health support – now they must walk the walk
Labour minister for health, Wes Streeting
Oliver Chantler

Starmer and Streeting have talked the talk on mental health support – now they must walk the walk