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Boris Johnson rejects calls for VAT cut to ease energy crisis - but emergency fund could be on way
energy crisis
Energy crisis

Boris Johnson rejects calls for VAT cut to ease energy crisis - but emergency fund could be on way

Knife crime: After Andre Bent was killed, his cousin turned grief into activism
Andre Brent was killed in a knife crime attack
Knife crime

Knife crime: After Andre Bent was killed, his cousin turned grief into activism

'The lights are so beautiful': Refugees on their first Christmas in the UK
Christmas

'The lights are so beautiful': Refugees on their first Christmas in the UK

These are officially the best social enterprises in the UK right now
Business

These are officially the best social enterprises in the UK right now

Levelling up: Government delays plans to fix ‘worst regional inequalities in developed world’
boris johnson gives a levelling up speech
Levelling up

Levelling up: Government delays plans to fix ‘worst regional inequalities in developed world’

Food banks are giving out almost 2,000 emergency parcels to children every day
food banks
Food banks

Food banks are giving out almost 2,000 emergency parcels to children every day

UK trans mutual aid funds to donate to or get support from
LGBTQ+

UK trans mutual aid funds to donate to or get support from

Kanye West wants to create a Universal Basic Income by selling shares in himself
kanye west universal basic income
News

Kanye West wants to create a Universal Basic Income by selling shares in himself

Why is the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on a hunger strike?
nazanin zaghari-ratcliffe husband, richard
Politics

Why is the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on a hunger strike?

4 things to remember from the damning review of the UK's Covid response
Ethnic minority communities and disabled people were among those left behind by the UK Covid response, MPs said.
Politics

4 things to remember from the damning review of the UK's Covid response

Big Issue launches media training scheme for young people from underrepresented backgrounds
The Big Issue has launched the Breakthrough media training programme for young people from underrepresented backgrounds.
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Big Issue launches media training scheme for young people from underrepresented backgrounds

National insurance rise: What Boris Johnson's social care plans mean for you
News

National insurance rise: What Boris Johnson's social care plans mean for you

Online harassment: ‘Society is blind to the hatred of women’
Film

Online harassment: ‘Society is blind to the hatred of women’

Young asylum seekers deserve a voice in deciding the UK's future
Rosa Robinson and Ellie Cripps

Young asylum seekers deserve a voice in deciding the UK's future

"We have a voice and we demand it to be heard"
Street Child World Cup
Social Justice

"We have a voice and we demand it to be heard"

"This is in memory of my dad"
The Big Issue

"This is in memory of my dad"

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How churches are in the vanguard of the struggle to defeat poverty
Packages of food are lined along shelves and on the floor in a food bank
Chris Shannahan

How churches are in the vanguard of the struggle to defeat poverty

Remembering Barry Crimmins – a comedian-campaigner with a heart of solid gold
Radio

Remembering Barry Crimmins – a comedian-campaigner with a heart of solid gold

Radio with Robin Ince – remembering Steve Norman with Radio 4's The Untold
Radio

Radio with Robin Ince – remembering Steve Norman with Radio 4's The Untold

Sam Delaney: Where were the rich Notting Hill set in the wake of Grenfell?
Radio

Sam Delaney: Where were the rich Notting Hill set in the wake of Grenfell?