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

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

London is miles ahead of other regions in providing the best opportunities for the poorest young people, explains the Sutton Trust's Rebecca Montacute
The real Living Wage is a win-win for workers and businesses – here's why
Katherine Chapman

The real Living Wage is a win-win for workers and businesses – here's why

Keir Starmer is booting migrants out of his vision for workers' rights
Keir Starmer
Dr Dora-Olivia Vicol

Keir Starmer is booting migrants out of his vision for workers' rights

This Prince William-backed project helps homeless young people into careers: 'I want to work my way up'
Work

This Prince William-backed project helps homeless young people into careers: 'I want to work my way up'

Skins star on how OnlyFans changed her life: 'I was earning a living wage for the first time'
Sex work

Skins star on how OnlyFans changed her life: 'I was earning a living wage for the first time'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
I'm a Labour MP. This is why I can't support Starmer's benefits cuts
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Paula Barker MP

I'm a Labour MP. This is why I can't support Starmer's benefits cuts

Author Rutger Bregman on his million-euro giveaway and how ordinary people can change the world
Dutch author Rutger Bregman
Books

Author Rutger Bregman on his million-euro giveaway and how ordinary people can change the world

Women in the North miss out on £158m in wages every week compared to rest of England
Manchester
Women

Women in the North miss out on £158m in wages every week compared to rest of England

Revealed: DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other UK employer
dwp offices
Employment

Revealed: DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other UK employer

DWP payment dates in May 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
UK money
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP payment dates in May 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

Unions are getting 'more powerful' as young, LGBTQ+ and disabled people eye up membership
Protesters hold up flags and placards at a protest in London on October 1, 2022.
unions

Unions are getting 'more powerful' as young, LGBTQ+ and disabled people eye up membership

Mum-of-two shares experience of 'dehumanising' DWP benefits system: 'It could kill somebody'
Image of Naomi Lihou
Benefits

Mum-of-two shares experience of 'dehumanising' DWP benefits system: 'It could kill somebody'

UK's 'cruel' benefits system is 'ruining lives' and 'violating human rights', Amnesty report finds
keir starmer walking
Benefits

UK's 'cruel' benefits system is 'ruining lives' and 'violating human rights', Amnesty report finds

LGBTQ+ inclusion doesn't just benefit certain Brits – it helps all of us
pride flags being waved at a Pride celebration
Dominic Arnall

LGBTQ+ inclusion doesn't just benefit certain Brits – it helps all of us

Migrant care worker left homeless after being 'exploited' UK employer: 'It's a national scandal'
Cardboard and a sleeping bag, on the church premises where Joseph is sleeping
Immigration

Migrant care worker left homeless after being 'exploited' UK employer: 'It's a national scandal'

Wardens get to work tidying e-scooters in Nottingham – with help from Big Issue Recruit
A Dott e-scooter lies discarded on a street in Nottingham.
Big Issue Recruit

Wardens get to work tidying e-scooters in Nottingham – with help from Big Issue Recruit

'Much more stressful': Women less likely than men to have an 'appropriate' work at home space
Online learning
Work at home

'Much more stressful': Women less likely than men to have an 'appropriate' work at home space

Music in schools delivers an essential pathway out of poverty – here's how
Polly Stepan

Music in schools delivers an essential pathway out of poverty – here's how

We're the first people modern slavery victims speak to when getting help. Their stories are shocking
a person holding someone's hand
Modern slavery

We're the first people modern slavery victims speak to when getting help. Their stories are shocking

I was a migrant working in a warehouse. Then I got a role in a film about doing exactly that
On Falling film advert
Film

I was a migrant working in a warehouse. Then I got a role in a film about doing exactly that

Don't justify spending cuts with 'overinflated' promises on AI, Labour told: 'AI isn't perfect'
Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits University College London East as part of the AI Opportunities Action Plan.
Artificial Intelligence

Don't justify spending cuts with 'overinflated' promises on AI, Labour told: 'AI isn't perfect'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Meet the ex-Big Issue vendor who went from homelessness to giving Prince William a tour of Aberdeen
Prince WIlliam is given a tour of Aberdeen by former Big Issue vendor Angus
Homelessness

Meet the ex-Big Issue vendor who went from homelessness to giving Prince William a tour of Aberdeen

World War II made America great. Trump's trade war could finally be its undoing
John Bird

World War II made America great. Trump's trade war could finally be its undoing

Scottish whisky and salmon exporters brace for 'significant hit' from Trump's tariff war
Tariffs

Scottish whisky and salmon exporters brace for 'significant hit' from Trump's tariff war

This is how Donald Trump's tariff war could affect your bin collection
Paul McNamee

This is how Donald Trump's tariff war could affect your bin collection

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