Jobs

How your first job can determine what you earn for the rest of your career
a woman shaking hands with a man at a desk
Employment

How your first job can determine what you earn for the rest of your career

As young people in Britain face a barrier to get on the jobs ladder, new research from Social Market Foundation revealed what you do for a first job can make a 24% difference to what you earn in your thirties
'Disabled people are having to work 10 times harder to live their life and pursue their dreams'
Bella Roberts
Employment

'Disabled people are having to work 10 times harder to live their life and pursue their dreams'

Chicken Shop Date star Amelia Dimoldenberg: 'Young people are always the first to bear the brunt of cuts'
Amelia Dimoldenberg
Employment

Chicken Shop Date star Amelia Dimoldenberg: 'Young people are always the first to bear the brunt of cuts'

'I’m in spaces where I’m the only girl and feel like I have to outshine everyone to make a point'
Employment

'I’m in spaces where I’m the only girl and feel like I have to outshine everyone to make a point'

NEETs crisis: How did one million young people fall off the career ladder?
NEETs

NEETs crisis: How did one million young people fall off the career ladder?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Beyond British seaside holidays: How homelessness and poverty go unseen in coastal communities
St Ives harbour and beach, Cornwall.
Coastal poverty

Beyond British seaside holidays: How homelessness and poverty go unseen in coastal communities

Birmingham bin workers' strike shows essential workers deserve support – and a decent wage
John Bird

Birmingham bin workers' strike shows essential workers deserve support – and a decent wage

Have you been made redundant? Here's what to do next
Stock image of a man walking out of an office with his belongings after being made redundant
Money

Have you been made redundant? Here's what to do next

Youth job grants: Will paying companies £3,000 to hire jobless youngsters fix youth unemployment?
a young person sat on a bench
Youth unemployment

Youth job grants: Will paying companies £3,000 to hire jobless youngsters fix youth unemployment?

Mike Soutar: Employers are sitting on their hands when it comes to hiring. How can we change that?
Big Issue ambassador Mike Soutar.
Mike Soutar

Mike Soutar: Employers are sitting on their hands when it comes to hiring. How can we change that?

Youth unemployment at its highest point for a decade: 'It's like running into a brick wall'
Unemployed University of Leeds graduate Charlie.
Social Justice

Youth unemployment at its highest point for a decade: 'It's like running into a brick wall'

I used to like working in advertising – but now there's a new world order
Stefan Gardner

I used to like working in advertising – but now there's a new world order

Insecure work and the gig economy: Employment in Britain worse than reported, study finds
a delivery driver carrying boxes to a van
Work

Insecure work and the gig economy: Employment in Britain worse than reported, study finds

Inside the chocolate factory spreading sweet treats – and helping autistic people find work
Employment

Inside the chocolate factory spreading sweet treats – and helping autistic people find work

When did the word 'tradesperson' become taboo?
A man fixing a leaking kitchen tap
Angela Joyce

When did the word 'tradesperson' become taboo?

AI is coming for journalism, among other jobs. Enjoy us while you can
Paul McNamee

AI is coming for journalism, among other jobs. Enjoy us while you can

From translators to masseuses: Meet the workers most and least at risk of being replaced by AI
ChatGPT
Artificial intelligence

From translators to masseuses: Meet the workers most and least at risk of being replaced by AI

Is AI pushing jobless young graduates to the far right?
Education

Is AI pushing jobless young graduates to the far right?

Activists are trying to force JD Sports, M&S and more to disclose low pay – all through shareholders
Stock photo of UK bank notes and coins
Wages

Activists are trying to force JD Sports, M&S and more to disclose low pay – all through shareholders

Talent is everywhere in Britain – the crushing truth is that opportunity is not
An aerial shot of central London
Rebecca Montacute

Talent is everywhere in Britain – the crushing truth is that opportunity is not

Will Trump send us into a global recession? Potentially, say experts – but austerity not the answer
Donald Trump giving a speech with his hands either side of his face
Global Recession

Will Trump send us into a global recession? Potentially, say experts – but austerity not the answer

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
DWP's new unemployment benefit and changes to work capability assessments, explained
Benefits

DWP's new unemployment benefit and changes to work capability assessments, explained

The North Sea has been Britain's oil powerhouse for 50 years. But what is its future now?
The North Sea

The North Sea has been Britain's oil powerhouse for 50 years. But what is its future now?

On Falling director Laura Carreira: 'We don't have to work so much and get paid so little'
Film

On Falling director Laura Carreira: 'We don't have to work so much and get paid so little'

Home Office visa delays leave thousands of migrants in limbo – and job vacancies unfilled
Employment

Home Office visa delays leave thousands of migrants in limbo – and job vacancies unfilled