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Over a million workers 'trapped in poverty' as they lose nearly £500 a month in cancelled shifts
A barista at work. Insecure work can be expensive for employees
insecure work

Over a million workers 'trapped in poverty' as they lose nearly £500 a month in cancelled shifts

Over 6 million UK workers still work variable hours, with no guarantees of when they will work or how much they will earn.
Wrestling legend Mick Foley: 'You need to tell people you love them before it's too late'
WWE wrestler Mick Foley in the ring
Letter to My Younger Self

Wrestling legend Mick Foley: 'You need to tell people you love them before it's too late'

NEET numbers fall but young people still face jobs crisis: 'This is not a turning point'
people walking
NEETs

NEET numbers fall but young people still face jobs crisis: 'This is not a turning point'

Energy bills to rise to highest level in three years leaving households facing 'brutal winter'
Energy Bills

Energy bills to rise to highest level in three years leaving households facing 'brutal winter'

Big Issue vendors react to Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge: ‘It would mean the world’
Housing

Big Issue vendors react to Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge: ‘It would mean the world’

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Protesters block roads and occupy offices over the cost of living: 'Bills are rising but so are we'
Acorn protesters occupied offices to protest the cost of living crisis
Protest

Protesters block roads and occupy offices over the cost of living: 'Bills are rising but so are we'

'Everyone wants a job and it's a nightmare': What it's like to be a NEET young person in Britain
wren hill
Youth unemployment

'Everyone wants a job and it's a nightmare': What it's like to be a NEET young person in Britain

‘If people are sleeping rough, to me it says we don't have the care for people that we should have’
prime minister Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street
Housing

‘If people are sleeping rough, to me it says we don't have the care for people that we should have’

Andy Burnham to donate 15% of PM's salary to homelessness fight: ‘I want to lead from the front’
Prime minister Andy Burnham cooking at homelessness charity The Passage
Housing

Andy Burnham to donate 15% of PM's salary to homelessness fight: ‘I want to lead from the front’

Every rough sleeper to be offered a route off the street by Christmas, says Andy Burnham
prime minister Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street
Rough sleeping

Every rough sleeper to be offered a route off the street by Christmas, says Andy Burnham

Florence Eshalomi named as homelessness minister: 'I know what a difference a safe home makes'
Housing committee chair Florence Eshalomi heads a committee on children living in temporary accommodation
Homelessness

Florence Eshalomi named as homelessness minister: 'I know what a difference a safe home makes'

Heatwaves hit Big Issue vendors' sales: 'Selling in the hot weather can be the worst time'
Jason Sallis, who sells the Big Issue in Moorgate, has been struggling in the heat. Photo credit: Louise Haywood-Schiefer
News

Heatwaves hit Big Issue vendors' sales: 'Selling in the hot weather can be the worst time'

Andy Burnham wants to prevent homelessness. But can he do it in 'landlord-class Britain'?
The silhouette of a homeless person sat in front of a house illustrated as a calculator
Investigation

Andy Burnham wants to prevent homelessness. But can he do it in 'landlord-class Britain'?

Labour 'turning the tide' on homelessness but Burnham 'must go further' to help homeless kids
Prime minister Andy Burnham pictured with a child in Sheffield
Housing

Labour 'turning the tide' on homelessness but Burnham 'must go further' to help homeless kids

More children will get free school meals from September 2026. Here's what you need to know
child eating meal at school
Free school meals

More children will get free school meals from September 2026. Here's what you need to know

'I’m a single mum. Summer school holidays mean a bigger food bill'
Food bajnk user Kylie at Weaver's Adventure playground
Food

'I’m a single mum. Summer school holidays mean a bigger food bill'

Inside the Big Issue: Trash talking with Count Binface
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Trash talking with Count Binface

'I've done more for my community through boxing than I ever did in a police uniform'
Dan O’Sullivan, chair of the Dagenham Amateur Boxing Club.
Social Justice

'I've done more for my community through boxing than I ever did in a police uniform'

'I'm a 21-year-old relying on disability benefits to live. Young disabled people feel deserted'
benefit claimant Kat Blackwood
Benefits

'I'm a 21-year-old relying on disability benefits to live. Young disabled people feel deserted'

Should parents on benefits get £4,500 if their child starts an apprenticeship?
Prime minister Andy Burnham meets with apprentices and graduates at Alstom Transport
benefits

Should parents on benefits get £4,500 if their child starts an apprenticeship?

Inside the Big Issue: Lobster Love with Philip Colbert
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Lobster Love with Philip Colbert

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Andy Burnham wants to end rough sleeping. These new statistics show the challenge he faces
Andy Burnham volunteering at London homelessness charity The Passage on the day he was named prime minister
Homelessness

Andy Burnham wants to end rough sleeping. These new statistics show the challenge he faces

Burnham says carers should be 'the best paid people in society'. Here's how much they actually earn
Prime minister Andy Burnham meets a woman in a visit to Jewish Care in Golders Green
social care

Burnham says carers should be 'the best paid people in society'. Here's how much they actually earn

Access to Work cuts lock disabled actor out of her career: 'Will I ever be on stage again?'
Actor Renu Arora has seen her Access to Work payments cut
Social Justice

Access to Work cuts lock disabled actor out of her career: 'Will I ever be on stage again?'

Revealed: One in every 21 people sentenced over 2024 riots was experiencing homelessness
Anti-immigration protesters confront riot police in Manchester in 2024 riots
Homelessness

Revealed: One in every 21 people sentenced over 2024 riots was experiencing homelessness