learning and employment

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

When did the word 'tradesperson' become taboo?

We need more young people to enter skilled trades and to see them as valuable, respected, and ambitious choices
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
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
NEETs

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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

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

DWP plans could see more than 50,000 disabled people lose access to vital work support
Jobcentre Plus
Disabled people

DWP plans could see more than 50,000 disabled people lose access to vital work support

What we can learn about authenticity from Greta Thunberg and Marcus Rashford
Steven D’Souza

What we can learn about authenticity from Greta Thunberg and Marcus Rashford

Children with SEND need support. The government must not restrict their rights
Keir Starmer and education secretary Bridget Phillipson, who is also running to be deputy prime minister, at a reception for teachers and teaching assistants in 10 Downing Street.
Bethany Bale

Children with SEND need support. The government must not restrict their rights

I wish people like Tommy Robinson could see what life in asylum accommodation is really like
Osman

I wish people like Tommy Robinson could see what life in asylum accommodation is really like

Influencer Holly Morris: 'I masked my autism and ADHD all my life – now I'm ready to be me'
Holly Morris
Holly Morris

Influencer Holly Morris: 'I masked my autism and ADHD all my life – now I'm ready to be me'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Privately educated elite five times more likely to take Britain's most powerful and influential jobs
Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer
Education

Privately educated elite five times more likely to take Britain's most powerful and influential jobs

The cost of education is letting down future generations – and we'll all be much poorer for it
Paul McNamee

The cost of education is letting down future generations – and we'll all be much poorer for it

The strange harmony of music, maths and science should be part of every school curriculum
Music

The strange harmony of music, maths and science should be part of every school curriculum

Dear Steve Reed: We must do better at tackling homelessness – and fast
Homelessness
Duncan Shrubsole

Dear Steve Reed: We must do better at tackling homelessness – and fast