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Money

How to align your finances with your values: Tips for sustainable spending
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Ethical shopping

How to align your finances with your values: Tips for sustainable spending

Buying 'ethically' or 'consciously' is often perceived as more expensive... but usually there are lots of ethical choices that might even save you money
How to get out of debt: Simple steps to go from red to black
Stock image of a man and a woman dealing with paperwork to illustrate an article on debt
Debt

How to get out of debt: Simple steps to go from red to black

How to break the payday loan cycle: Alternatives and resources
Stock image of bank notes and coins
Payday loans

How to break the payday loan cycle: Alternatives and resources

33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the Easter holidays
Cost of living crisis

33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the Easter holidays

'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

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Water bills are going up in April 2025. Here's what to do if you're struggling to pay
Cost of living crisis

Water bills are going up in April 2025. Here's what to do if you're struggling to pay

Brits are uncomfortable talking about money and debt. Can comedy change that?
money

Brits are uncomfortable talking about money and debt. Can comedy change that?

A windfall tax on bank profits could raise billions. Here's how that cash could help fix Britain
Row of banking buildings in Canary Wharf, London
Bank profits

A windfall tax on bank profits could raise billions. Here's how that cash could help fix Britain

The gig economy and your finances: How to make it work for you
Gig economy

The gig economy and your finances: How to make it work for you

DWP payment dates in March 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
image of cash
Benefits

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

Crisis-proofing your finances: How to prepare for the unexpected with an emergency fund
Emergency fund

Crisis-proofing your finances: How to prepare for the unexpected with an emergency fund

Bad news for Labour: Voters who feel 'economically insecure' far more likely to switch parties
Politics

Bad news for Labour: Voters who feel 'economically insecure' far more likely to switch parties

Inside the plan to give free cash to homeless people in Manchester: 'It's time to try something new'
Andy Burnham and Rachel Reeves at Manchester Victoria Station
Universal basic income

Inside the plan to give free cash to homeless people in Manchester: 'It's time to try something new'

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Learning and employment
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Learning and employment

DWP benefit payment dates in February 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year
picture of money next to a clock representing dwp benefit payment dates
Benefits

DWP benefit payment dates in February 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year

Wages outside of London and South East are worse now than in 2008 – can Labour turn things around?
Andrew Carter

Wages outside of London and South East are worse now than in 2008 – can Labour turn things around?

Support for mortgage interest: Where to get help
a sold sign outside a red-brick building
Housing

Support for mortgage interest: Where to get help

'We can't keep up': Councils cutting services and facing bankruptcy over rising cost of social care
social care crisis sees care workers experiencing low pay
Social care

'We can't keep up': Councils cutting services and facing bankruptcy over rising cost of social care

Surging rental prices are dwarfing inflation – and not enough people are talking about it
To Let signs to attract renters
RENTING

Surging rental prices are dwarfing inflation – and not enough people are talking about it

Applying for a budgeting loan: Everything you need to know
a birds-eye view of someone sitting cross legged on a bed looking at bills // apply for a budgeting loan
benefits

Applying for a budgeting loan: Everything you need to know

A penny off pints and higher wages: What Rachel Reeves' budget means for you and your bank account
Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of the autumn budget 2024
Autumn budget

A penny off pints and higher wages: What Rachel Reeves' budget means for you and your bank account

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How to live your best student life without breaking the bank. No, seriously
Student Life 2024

How to live your best student life without breaking the bank. No, seriously

Student Life 2024: Get your free student guide in this week's Big Issue
Student Life 2024

Student Life 2024: Get your free student guide in this week's Big Issue

We need urgent action to protect next generation from 'inescapable' gambling – now
gambling
Zoe Osmond

We need urgent action to protect next generation from 'inescapable' gambling – now

Home Office overspent on asylum by billions. Here's how that money could've been used
A Modest Proposal

Home Office overspent on asylum by billions. Here's how that money could've been used

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