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How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
uk heatwave
Homelessness

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?

When temperatures soar, people sleeping on the streets are at risk of dehydration and sunstroke. Here’s how you can help.
UN committee sounds alarm over Labour's benefits bill: 'It should shame the government'
United nations
Disability benefits

UN committee sounds alarm over Labour's benefits bill: 'It should shame the government'

Zelda Perkins, Harvey Weinstein's ex-assistant, applauds UK's NDA ban: 'It's given me faith in democracy'
Workers' rights

Zelda Perkins, Harvey Weinstein's ex-assistant, applauds UK's NDA ban: 'It's given me faith in democracy'

Homeless young people slapped with £1,800 carpet bill after finally being housed
Homelessness

Homeless young people slapped with £1,800 carpet bill after finally being housed

Pressure grows on police forces to reverse their refusal to equip officers with life-saving naloxone
Drugs

Pressure grows on police forces to reverse their refusal to equip officers with life-saving naloxone

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'Do what's right for UK's children': Urgent call to scrap two-child benefit cap projected onto parliament
Save the Children projected stark child poverty statistics onto the Houses of Parliament
Child poverty

'Do what's right for UK's children': Urgent call to scrap two-child benefit cap projected onto parliament

Young people struggling to afford food face 'stigma' when seeking help: 'We don't feel welcome'
Kyson Redd with service manager Hannah
Food poverty

Young people struggling to afford food face 'stigma' when seeking help: 'We don't feel welcome'

Activists are trying to force JD Sports, M&S and more to disclose low pay – all through shareholders
Stock photo of UK bank notes and coins
Wages

Activists are trying to force JD Sports, M&S and more to disclose low pay – all through shareholders

'It's easier to buy a vape than an apple': How greengrocers on wheels could change the UK
Paul Flannery, local green grocer who runs the Queen of Greens bus
Food poverty

'It's easier to buy a vape than an apple': How greengrocers on wheels could change the UK

Thousands of Brit-born children with migrant parents face destitution: 'Don't deny children their rights'
A child holding a globe
Poverty

Thousands of Brit-born children with migrant parents face destitution: 'Don't deny children their rights'

This innovative new project helps get both domestic abuse victims and perpetrators off the streets
the silhouette of a woman in a flat
Homelessness

This innovative new project helps get both domestic abuse victims and perpetrators off the streets

Whatever happened to Make Poverty History?
Make Poverty History

Whatever happened to Make Poverty History?

The simple reason Nigel Farage has seemingly had a change of heart on benefits
Nigel Farage
Two-child benefit cap

The simple reason Nigel Farage has seemingly had a change of heart on benefits

Will fixing the NHS be enough to save Starmer's government? Maybe. But only on one condition
NHS

Will fixing the NHS be enough to save Starmer's government? Maybe. But only on one condition

Labour wants to shake-up the controversial Right to Buy scheme with these three steps
Labour housing secretary Angela Rayner and housing minister Matthew Pennycook
Right to buy

Labour wants to shake-up the controversial Right to Buy scheme with these three steps

Is a four-day working week inevitable? Latest UK pilot sees 100% success rate
Four-day working week

Is a four-day working week inevitable? Latest UK pilot sees 100% success rate

Over 10 times more women sleeping rough than official stats suggest, report says
A woman on the street
Rough sleeping

Over 10 times more women sleeping rough than official stats suggest, report says

PIP cuts are paused after 'shambolic' series of U-turns – but is it enough to rebuild trust in Labour?
Keir Starmer
Disability benefits

PIP cuts are paused after 'shambolic' series of U-turns – but is it enough to rebuild trust in Labour?

Here's why 49 Labour MPs still voted against Starmer's benefits bill: 'It's not the Labour way'
Liz Kendall
Disability benefits

Here's why 49 Labour MPs still voted against Starmer's benefits bill: 'It's not the Labour way'

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: 'We try to make the students smile'
Students at Gaza Great Minds
Gaza

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: 'We try to make the students smile'

Police could stop opioid deaths with this drug. So why do some UK forces stop officers carrying it?
A police officer administers nasal naloxone.
Drug deaths

Police could stop opioid deaths with this drug. So why do some UK forces stop officers carrying it?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Labour wants to build 300,000 affordable and social homes in 10 years. But is it enough?
Labour housing secretary Angela Rayner
Social housing

Labour wants to build 300,000 affordable and social homes in 10 years. But is it enough?

MPs vote to take forward 'brutal' cuts to disability benefits: 'It will come to haunt this government'
Liz Kendall
Disability benefits

MPs vote to take forward 'brutal' cuts to disability benefits: 'It will come to haunt this government'

Absolutely everything you need to know about Labour's benefits bill, PIP changes and who's affected
Keir Starmer
Welfare reform

Absolutely everything you need to know about Labour's benefits bill, PIP changes and who's affected

How did Keir Starmer end up in such a mess over benefit cuts?
Disability benefits

How did Keir Starmer end up in such a mess over benefit cuts?

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