learning and employment

Rachel Reeves cracks down on benefit fraud. How much could she really save – and at what cost?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Benefit fraud

Rachel Reeves cracks down on benefit fraud. How much could she really save – and at what cost?

Rachel Reeves wants to recoup £1.2 billion from a benefit fraud crackdown. It could make life 'much more stressful' for benefit claimants
Two-child benefit cap axed and wage hikes: What Rachel Reeves' autumn budget means for your money
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers her 2025 autumn budget
Autumn budget

Two-child benefit cap axed and wage hikes: What Rachel Reeves' autumn budget means for your money

Why Rachel Reeves should give builders a tax cut to employ the next generation of apprentices
a builder in a yellow hard hat
Josh Nicholson

Why Rachel Reeves should give builders a tax cut to employ the next generation of apprentices

Disabled people have to be at the table with the government to 'keep Britain working'
Claire Fisher

Disabled people have to be at the table with the government to 'keep Britain working'

What benefits can I claim from the DWP to help me cover the cost of living?
Benefits

What benefits can I claim from the DWP to help me cover the cost of living?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Employers are being urged to step up and help disabled people stay in work. But is it enough?
Pedestrians walking through London
Work

Employers are being urged to step up and help disabled people stay in work. But is it enough?

'I was not built for the nine-to-five lifestyle': Why so many Gen Z workers have a side hustle
Gen Z

'I was not built for the nine-to-five lifestyle': Why so many Gen Z workers have a side hustle

Letters: AI can't replace the human ability to interpret, judge or care
Letters

Letters: AI can't replace the human ability to interpret, judge or care

'I'd be stuck without it': Inside the vital family hubs helping parents as child poverty crisis worsens
Family hubs

'I'd be stuck without it': Inside the vital family hubs helping parents as child poverty crisis worsens

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

When did the word 'tradesperson' become taboo?

Teen scholar trapped in Gaza after being blocked by Home Office from joining her mum in UK
dania and hayat
Gaza

Teen scholar trapped in Gaza after being blocked by Home Office from joining her mum in UK

Growing number of disabled people turning to sex work amid benefit cuts and rising living costs
Sex work

Growing number of disabled people turning to sex work amid benefit cuts and rising living costs

Half a million workers to receive pay rise worth up to £5k as real Living Wage rises
Hands holding a piggy bank
Real Living Wage

Half a million workers to receive pay rise worth up to £5k as real Living Wage rises

Disability and poor health drives number of young people not in work or education to almost a million
a young person sat on a bench
NEETs

Disability and poor health drives number of young people not in work or education to almost a million

When speaking out about racism costs you everything
Hameeda Khan
Hameeda Khan

When speaking out about racism costs you everything

What is the two-child benefit limit and how does it impact families?
three children/ two-child benefit cap
Benefits

What is the two-child benefit limit and how does it impact families?

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

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

Older workers are turning to Botox and plastic surgery to keep their jobs: 'What a depressing thought'
An older person having plastic surgery examination
Employment

Older workers are turning to Botox and plastic surgery to keep their jobs: 'What a depressing thought'

The Employment Rights Bill promises landmark reform. Will lack of foresight let it down?
Keir Starmer speaking in the House of Commons. Image: House of Commons/ Flickr
Emma McClelland

The Employment Rights Bill promises landmark reform. Will lack of foresight let it down?

DWP job advisers will soon be in GP surgeries and mental health services
two people on chairs having a discussion. a form is in the centre
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP job advisers will soon be in GP surgeries and mental health services

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Is going to university really worth it?
Dr Craig Henry Jones

Is going to university really worth it?

New Netflix film Steve shows that behind every school exclusion lies a different story
Mission 44 CEO Jason Arthur with the charity's founder Sir Lewis Hamilton. Image: Mission 44
Jason Arthur

New Netflix film Steve shows that behind every school exclusion lies a different story

'A showgirl is in everybody': Is the life of a showgirl as glamorous as Taylor Swift makes it seem?
Taylor Swift performing at the Eras Tour, alongside an image of burlesque dancers.
Taylor Swift

'A showgirl is in everybody': Is the life of a showgirl as glamorous as Taylor Swift makes it seem?

The only way forward is to split the poverty atom
John Bird

The only way forward is to split the poverty atom