health and wellbeing

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

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

Labour promised to reduce health inequality – here's how they can deliver
Mark Heffernan

Labour promised to reduce health inequality – here's how they can deliver

Nutrition is not always a lifestyle choice. It's harder to be healthy if you live in the North
An aerial photograph of Liverpool.
Professor Amelia Lake

Nutrition is not always a lifestyle choice. It's harder to be healthy if you live in the North

Disabled people warn of brutal 'secret' cuts to DWP Access to Work support: 'It's been horrific'
Access to work

Disabled people warn of brutal 'secret' cuts to DWP Access to Work support: 'It's been horrific'

It's time for the government to scrap the two-child benefit cap – we can't afford not to
Scott Compton

It's time for the government to scrap the two-child benefit cap – we can't afford not to

The importance of PIP for disabled people has never been clearer
Gabrielle Pickard Whitehead

The importance of PIP for disabled people has never been clearer

Teachers fear more than half a million children will go hungry this summer: 'It just can't go on'
Holiday Hunger Alamy
Food poverty

Teachers fear more than half a million children will go hungry this summer: 'It just can't go on'

Disability rights activists are too often erased from history. I'm on a mission to change that
Disability journalist, author and activist Rachel Charlton-Dailey outside the United Nations
Rachel Charlton-Dailey

Disability rights activists are too often erased from history. I'm on a mission to change that

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Revealed: Why Greater Manchester Police refuses to give life-saving overdose drug to officers
A syringe of naloxone
Drugs

Revealed: Why Greater Manchester Police refuses to give life-saving overdose drug to officers

Joe Wicks joins forces with Labour for animated series to get kids active over summer holidays
Animated Joe Wicks alongside alien mascots
Health and wellbeing

Joe Wicks joins forces with Labour for animated series to get kids active over summer holidays

Labour's new Family Hubs are the 'successor' to Sure Start. As child poverty rises, will they work?
Sure Start

Labour's new Family Hubs are the 'successor' to Sure Start. As child poverty rises, will they work?

Want to end misogyny? Bring back Page 3
Chloe Petts

Want to end misogyny? Bring back Page 3