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Don't believe the headlines: Here's 22 facts that prove migration benefits all of us
Migration

Don't believe the headlines: Here's 22 facts that prove migration benefits all of us

Benefits claimants have been treated as a political punching bag this general election
rishi sunak at an election rally
Mikey Erhardt

Benefits claimants have been treated as a political punching bag this general election

Jess Phillips on why Labour is the party for women and terminally ill sister-in-law's fight for benefits
Exclusive

Jess Phillips on why Labour is the party for women and terminally ill sister-in-law's fight for benefits

Workers should have the right to family time – including Keir Starmer, campaigners say
Employment

Workers should have the right to family time – including Keir Starmer, campaigners say

'I haven't voted since Blair': How politics failed one of the most Tory places in Britain
General election 2024

'I haven't voted since Blair': How politics failed one of the most Tory places in Britain

Letters: DWP benefit reforms are fuelled by decades of disability hate
Letters

Letters: DWP benefit reforms are fuelled by decades of disability hate

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth: 'We should all be worried about the demonising of migrants'
Rhun ap Iorwerth, leader of Plaid Cymru, speaks at an event
Politics

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth: 'We should all be worried about the demonising of migrants'

There are more food banks in UK than McDonald's. It's why the work doesn't stop after polling day
Paul McNamee

There are more food banks in UK than McDonald's. It's why the work doesn't stop after polling day

I'm a disabled parent on benefits. Who will speak for me this general election?
mum with two children
Chris

I'm a disabled parent on benefits. Who will speak for me this general election?

Keir Starmer on being as 'bold as Attlee' and why there'll be no return to austerity under his watch
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Keir Starmer on being as 'bold as Attlee' and why there'll be no return to austerity under his watch

Karen Gillan on what makes Douglas is Cancelled 'so relevant to so many professions'
Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan in Douglas Is Cancelled
TV

Karen Gillan on what makes Douglas is Cancelled 'so relevant to so many professions'

Sunak's flagship free childcare scheme under threat from staffing 'crisis'
child at window
Childcare

Sunak's flagship free childcare scheme under threat from staffing 'crisis'

Government just incinerated PPE worth £1.4bn. Here's how that money could've been better spent
A health worker wearing PPE
A modest proposal

Government just incinerated PPE worth £1.4bn. Here's how that money could've been better spent

Child poverty in working households soared by 1,350 a week since Tories came to power, report finds
a child reading
Poverty

Child poverty in working households soared by 1,350 a week since Tories came to power, report finds

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey on fighting Tories and stress of benefits system for his disabled son
General Election 2024

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey on fighting Tories and stress of benefits system for his disabled son

Thousands back our call for next government to take immediate action on poverty
Big Issue vendors, frontline staff and campaigners with placards calling for an end to poverty on Westminster Bridge.
General election 2024

Thousands back our call for next government to take immediate action on poverty

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Teachers forced to choose which special needs children get help as funding crisis worsens
special needs, classroom, teacher
Special educational needs

Teachers forced to choose which special needs children get help as funding crisis worsens

The hostile environment has failed. We need a new deal for migrant domestic workers
Theresa May stood at a lectern
Zoe Gardner

The hostile environment has failed. We need a new deal for migrant domestic workers

Keir Starmer says benefits lack 'dignity' – but real indignity is Britain's broken welfare system
keir starmer
General election 2024

Keir Starmer says benefits lack 'dignity' – but real indignity is Britain's broken welfare system

Discrimination is holding disabled people back from politics – and I’ve seen it first hand
A street sign on a wall for Downing Street in London
Chloe Schendel-Wilson

Discrimination is holding disabled people back from politics – and I’ve seen it first hand

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