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Poverty

Scottish ministers back bill to make right to free period products law
Social Justice

Scottish ministers back bill to make right to free period products law

How The Big Issue is putting period poverty on the agenda
Social Justice

How The Big Issue is putting period poverty on the agenda

Monica Lennon: We must put right to free period products into law
Social Justice

Monica Lennon: We must put right to free period products into law

EXCLUSIVE: Big Issue and Hey Girls team up on period stigma busting new mag
Social Justice

EXCLUSIVE: Big Issue and Hey Girls team up on period stigma busting new mag

Breaking grip of poverty is key to “levelling up Britain”, says JRF
Social Justice

Breaking grip of poverty is key to “levelling up Britain”, says JRF

Five million Brits live without a cooker, fridge, freezer or washing machine
appliance poverty
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Five million Brits live without a cooker, fridge, freezer or washing machine

More than 1,000 food parcels given out daily to struggling Scottish families
Food bank Trussell Trust
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More than 1,000 food parcels given out daily to struggling Scottish families

Investigating Britain's Christmas holiday hunger scandal
Social Justice

Investigating Britain's Christmas holiday hunger scandal

The Tory manifesto could push child poverty to a 60-year high
Social Justice

The Tory manifesto could push child poverty to a 60-year high

Just a third of London councils have social rent home planning targets
uk poverty cost of living crisis
Social Justice

Just a third of London councils have social rent home planning targets

Professor Green is centre stage in the fight against food poverty
Social Justice

Professor Green is centre stage in the fight against food poverty

The end of the benefits freeze is not an “income boost”
Coins
Social Justice

The end of the benefits freeze is not an “income boost”

Three million households are struggling to keep up with water payments
Social Justice

Three million households are struggling to keep up with water payments

Workers still hit by 'lost decade' in UK earnings
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Workers still hit by 'lost decade' in UK earnings

Only 5 of 33 London boroughs helped children stay fed during the holidays
cans and boxes of food sit on a shelf. children in poverty are being offered tiny amounts in parcels sent to replace free school meals
Social Justice

Only 5 of 33 London boroughs helped children stay fed during the holidays

Pet foodbank launches to help poverty-stricken owners
Social Justice

Pet foodbank launches to help poverty-stricken owners

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Gary Webster: Debt is a disease deserving of a cure
Gary Webster
Money

Gary Webster: Debt is a disease deserving of a cure

“Sobering” problem debt stats should be “wake-up call” for government
Woman and child_money debt
Money

“Sobering” problem debt stats should be “wake-up call” for government

Orwell Prize-winner Darren McGarvey’s new series shows the impact of poverty
Darren McGarvey Big List 1374
Social Justice

Orwell Prize-winner Darren McGarvey’s new series shows the impact of poverty

In-work poverty a growing crisis for 14 million struggling to make ends meet
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In-work poverty a growing crisis for 14 million struggling to make ends meet

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