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

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

Two first responders with the Salvation Army describe their experience of being the first point of contact for modern slavery survivors to get support
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'

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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

'People are sick and traumatised': How Germany's wealth inequality led to far-right surge, explained
Germany

'People are sick and traumatised': How Germany's wealth inequality led to far-right surge, explained

DWP urged to withdraw 'dangerous' and 'inaccessible' consultation into benefit cuts
disability benefits cuts protest
Disability benefits

DWP urged to withdraw 'dangerous' and 'inaccessible' consultation into benefit cuts

Adolescence forced the country to sit up and take notice. But what's next?
Erin Doherty and Owen Cooper in Adolescence
Matteo Bergamini

Adolescence forced the country to sit up and take notice. But what's next?

British Steel could be nationalised. Here's what that means for workers and the country
Steel

British Steel could be nationalised. Here's what that means for workers and the country

Why working as a butcher's boy made me feel like an earlier version of AI
John Bird

Why working as a butcher's boy made me feel like an earlier version of AI

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

I'm a survivor of modern slavery – this is the shocking way I was treated by the UK government
Rosemarie/ the Voice of Domestic Workers
Rosemarie

I'm a survivor of modern slavery – this is the shocking way I was treated by the UK government

These are the UK regions set to be hit hardest by Trump's tariffs
Donald Trump

These are the UK regions set to be hit hardest by Trump's tariffs

More than half a million young Brits not in work, training or education have never had a paid job
a young person sat on a bench
Employment

More than half a million young Brits not in work, training or education have never had a paid job

Sex work is 'just another option in London's gig economy', says Sebastian filmmaker Mikko Mäkelä
Film

Sex work is 'just another option in London's gig economy', says Sebastian filmmaker Mikko Mäkelä

'No more room for manoeuvre': Don't react to Trump's tariffs with more cuts to benefits, Labour warned
Donald Trump

'No more room for manoeuvre': Don't react to Trump's tariffs with more cuts to benefits, Labour warned

Trump's 'liberation day' tariffs will unleash a 'world of pain' on ordinary people, experts warn
Donald Trump
Donald Trump

Trump's 'liberation day' tariffs will unleash a 'world of pain' on ordinary people, experts warn

'Time for radical thinking': What's the bigger picture behind Reeves' dramatic benefit cuts?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Spring statement

'Time for radical thinking': What's the bigger picture behind Reeves' dramatic benefit cuts?

More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here's how to get them back in class
Martin Hodge

More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here's how to get them back in class

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Social opportunity should take the place of social security 
John Bird

Social opportunity should take the place of social security 

I was trafficked and forced to work 23 hours a day. How was I meant to return to normality?
Modern slavery

I was trafficked and forced to work 23 hours a day. How was I meant to return to normality?

This is the devastating impact growing up in temporary accommodation has on children’s GCSE results
school children at desks
Education

This is the devastating impact growing up in temporary accommodation has on children’s GCSE results

Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?
Letters

Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?

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