Campaigners welcome social housing bill but warn there's no quick fix for Britain’s horror homes
Kwajo Tweneboa, a young social housing campaigner.
Social housing

Campaigners welcome social housing bill but warn there's no quick fix for Britain’s horror homes

A new law could ban P&O Ferries from UK ports if it doesn't pay staff minimum wage
Minimum wage

A new law could ban P&O Ferries from UK ports if it doesn't pay staff minimum wage

The government says the cost of living crisis is 'top priority' - but has offered no new support
cost of living
Cost of living crisis

The government says the cost of living crisis is 'top priority' - but has offered no new support

Muse star Matt Bellamy has been buying The Big Issue for 25 years
Muse

Muse star Matt Bellamy has been buying The Big Issue for 25 years

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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