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Universal credit switchover risks pushing people into 'destitution', charities warn
universal credit debt advice
Welfare system

Universal credit switchover risks pushing people into 'destitution', charities warn

The airline industry has missed 49 out of 50 climate targets set since 2000
Aeroplane on runway
Aviation

The airline industry has missed 49 out of 50 climate targets set since 2000

Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis donates land for social housing
Glastonbury Festival
Housing

Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis donates land for social housing

A house fire was caused by a man ‘burning timber to save on energy bills’
fire in New Malden caused by fire to save on energy bills
Cost of living crisis

A house fire was caused by a man ‘burning timber to save on energy bills’

Almost 20,000 affordable homes have been lost by converting office blocks into housing
office blocks converted into housing
Affordable housing

Almost 20,000 affordable homes have been lost by converting office blocks into housing

Families are pawning their belongings to pay for food as the cost of living rises
Coins
Cost of living crisis

Families are pawning their belongings to pay for food as the cost of living rises

Don't carry cash? Don't worry, 1,000 Big Issue sellers now accept contactless payments
Robert, Big Issue vendor, Waitrose Marylebone High Street
The Big Issue

Don't carry cash? Don't worry, 1,000 Big Issue sellers now accept contactless payments

One in five households with children are struggling to put food on the table
Rishi Sunak posing in front of a sainsbury's, filling an aide's car with petrol
Cost of living crisis

One in five households with children are struggling to put food on the table

Two thirds of retail workers are borrowing money to pay their bills
Cost of living crisis

Two thirds of retail workers are borrowing money to pay their bills

Anti-LTN candidates fail to make inroads in local elections
LTNs
Local elections

Anti-LTN candidates fail to make inroads in local elections

'Ex-miners are voting Green': Why the Green Party has made gains in industrial heartlands
Green party campaigners in South Tyneside.
Local elections

'Ex-miners are voting Green': Why the Green Party has made gains in industrial heartlands

5 government promises on workers' rights that could be broken if the Employment Bill is dropped
Workers' rights

5 government promises on workers' rights that could be broken if the Employment Bill is dropped

Activists to stage mass protest on duke's taxpayer-subsidised private estate
Private sign on a fence
Right to roam

Activists to stage mass protest on duke's taxpayer-subsidised private estate

Life On Mars sequel has ‘a lot of travelling in time and car chases’, John Simm reveals
Life On Mars Photo: PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo
TV

Life On Mars sequel has ‘a lot of travelling in time and car chases’, John Simm reveals

Soaring cost of construction materials could impact home building
builders
Housing

Soaring cost of construction materials could impact home building

Clean air group creates tool to help people demand stricter government targets on pollution
A busy road with traffic
Air pollution

Clean air group creates tool to help people demand stricter government targets on pollution

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Police forced to scrap order that banned a homeless man from carrying a cup
homeless tent
Homelessness

Police forced to scrap order that banned a homeless man from carrying a cup

Boris Johnson set to scrap plan to let workers keep tips despite admitting minimum wage isn’t enough to live on
Workers' rights

Boris Johnson set to scrap plan to let workers keep tips despite admitting minimum wage isn’t enough to live on

Former Tory minister reveals he's voting for Labour in the local elections - and did in 1997 too
Nick Boles
Local elections

Former Tory minister reveals he's voting for Labour in the local elections - and did in 1997 too

Shell’s profits have soared to £7.3bn as the energy crisis leaves families unable to pay their bills
Shell sign
Energy crisis

Shell’s profits have soared to £7.3bn as the energy crisis leaves families unable to pay their bills

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