learning and employment

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

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?

DWP 'work coach shortage' could undermine Labour's bid to help disabled people into work
jobcentre plus/ dwp
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP 'work coach shortage' could undermine Labour's bid to help disabled people into work

Five years after Covid, why has working from home become a culture war fault line?
Five years on from the pandemic

Five years after Covid, why has working from home become a culture war fault line?

There's no defence for raiding the social security pot
John Bird

There's no defence for raiding the social security pot

We all clapped for the NHS during the Covid pandemic. Did it actually do... anything?
Healthcare workers march through London during the pandemic. Image: Unsplash
Five years since the pandemic

We all clapped for the NHS during the Covid pandemic. Did it actually do... anything?

Labour's benefits cuts are short-sighted, whatever way you look at it
keir starmer
Paul McNamee

Labour's benefits cuts are short-sighted, whatever way you look at it

Understanding your payslip: Making sense of deductions and contributions
Stock image of a calculator with papers and a laptop
Payslip

Understanding your payslip: Making sense of deductions and contributions

Disabled people have spent years being attacked as spongers. Labour's benefit cuts are no different
keir starmer, angela rayner and rachel reeves
Mikey Erhardt

Disabled people have spent years being attacked as spongers. Labour's benefit cuts are no different

DWP minister 'regrets' making disabled people feel anxious over benefit cuts
DWP minister Stephen Timms
Disability benefits

DWP minister 'regrets' making disabled people feel anxious over benefit cuts

The hidden impact of Labour's disability benefit cuts – from carer's allowance to railcards
keir starmer labour leader
Benefits

The hidden impact of Labour's disability benefit cuts – from carer's allowance to railcards

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
I'm a disabled person claiming benefits – and I've lost all hope in the Labour government
Labour prime minister Keir Starmer
Arjan

I'm a disabled person claiming benefits – and I've lost all hope in the Labour government

Labour warned it is 'undermining' its own welfare reforms with £5bn of benefits cuts
Benefits

Labour warned it is 'undermining' its own welfare reforms with £5bn of benefits cuts

Benefit cuts are a 'violation of human rights' which will harm ill and disabled people, Labour warned
DWP minister Liz Kendall
Disability benefits

Benefit cuts are a 'violation of human rights' which will harm ill and disabled people, Labour warned

DWP's new unemployment benefit and changes to work capability assessments, explained
Benefits

DWP's new unemployment benefit and changes to work capability assessments, explained