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Poverty

High fossil fuel prices are good for the planet – here’s how to keep them high while avoiding riots or hurting the poor
Petrol pump
Environment

High fossil fuel prices are good for the planet – here’s how to keep them high while avoiding riots or hurting the poor

Diary of a food bank manager: We registered our oldest ever guest, born in 1919
A volunteer delivers food to Earlsfield Foodbank. Image: Earlsfield Foodbank
Diary of a food bank manager

Diary of a food bank manager: We registered our oldest ever guest, born in 1919

National food strategy won't expand free school meals to another 1.1 million children, despite recommendations
Social Justice

National food strategy won't expand free school meals to another 1.1 million children, despite recommendations

Diary of a food bank manager: Government measures are a start, not a solution
A woman looks concerned and holds a pen, behind her a board lists food items used at Earlsfield Foodbank
Diary of a food bank manager

Diary of a food bank manager: Government measures are a start, not a solution

Coventry Cathedral is the symbol of healing we could all use right now
The Baptistry window at Coventry Cathedral
Paul McNamee

Coventry Cathedral is the symbol of healing we could all use right now

'Poverty kills': Sophie Howe on fronting the fight for future generations
future generations sophie howe
future generations

'Poverty kills': Sophie Howe on fronting the fight for future generations

Green shoots of recovery can help break the cycle of poverty
David Cameron
John Bird

Green shoots of recovery can help break the cycle of poverty

'The epidemic here isn’t Covid, the epidemic is poverty': The future of mutual aid in Food Bank Britain
feelings known about the cost of living crisis at a rally in early April 2022
Mutual aid

'The epidemic here isn’t Covid, the epidemic is poverty': The future of mutual aid in Food Bank Britain

‘It’s expensive to be poor’: How the cost of living crisis has impacted food prices
Food poverty

‘It’s expensive to be poor’: How the cost of living crisis has impacted food prices

What would Big Issue vendors do if they were Queen for a day?
jubilee 2022
jubilee 2022

What would Big Issue vendors do if they were Queen for a day?

While celebrating her past, the Queen could change the UK's future
the queen
Paul McNamee

While celebrating her past, the Queen could change the UK's future

A basic income 'could cut poverty to its lowest point in decades'
basic income
Basic income

A basic income 'could cut poverty to its lowest point in decades'

Why does inflation hit poorer people harder?
A jagged red arrow points diagonally upwards across the screen in front of a globe of the world.
Inflation

Why does inflation hit poorer people harder?

Inflation is at a 40-year high - and it's hitting the poorest people hardest
jack monroe cost of living
Cost of living crisis

Inflation is at a 40-year high - and it's hitting the poorest people hardest

Inside the homeless soup kitchen asking Nicola Sturgeon for a helping hand
Homeless Project Scotland
Cost of living crisis

Inside the homeless soup kitchen asking Nicola Sturgeon for a helping hand

Decades of initiatives didn't solve poverty. What can we do now?
poverty

Decades of initiatives didn't solve poverty. What can we do now?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Martin Lewis: 'I can't shut up because there really are lives at stake'
Martin Lewis
cost of living crisis

Martin Lewis: 'I can't shut up because there really are lives at stake'

Homelessness is holding back prison leavers when they get a second chance
prison leavers
prisons

Homelessness is holding back prison leavers when they get a second chance

A food charity has shut down claims from a Tory MP that people in poverty can't cook
cost of living
Food banks

A food charity has shut down claims from a Tory MP that people in poverty can't cook

Tory MP claims people use food banks because they can't cook or budget properly
Lee Anderson on food banks
Food banks

Tory MP claims people use food banks because they can't cook or budget properly

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