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Nearly two children in every classroom relying on food banks: 'A national emergency'
Children together writing on book
Cost of living

Nearly two children in every classroom relying on food banks: 'A national emergency'

Child poverty levels are down slightly on previous years, but there are still millions of children facing hardship and many are forced to rely on food banks, new government figures show
Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed
a man with a Refugees Welcome sign in his backpack
Immigration

Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed

Is the cost of living crisis back? And will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis back? And will prices in the UK ever come down?

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
Renting

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?

Prince William is changing how homelessness is being taught in schools
Homelessness

Prince William is changing how homelessness is being taught in schools

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Thousands of people are protesting against rising water bills. Here's what happens if you don't pay
a tap with water coming out of it illustrating rising water bills
water

Thousands of people are protesting against rising water bills. Here's what happens if you don't pay

Wet winter and rising energy bills driven by Middle East war spark damp and mould warning
damp and mould
Damp and mould

Wet winter and rising energy bills driven by Middle East war spark damp and mould warning

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne slams 'savagery' of government cuts to Access To Work payments
Jack Thorne at the BPG Awards 2026
Access To Work

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne slams 'savagery' of government cuts to Access To Work payments

BrewDog: How the beer brand lost its head
Business

BrewDog: How the beer brand lost its head

Do settled migrants really get 'immediate access' to social housing?
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood
social housing

Do settled migrants really get 'immediate access' to social housing?

Striking photos capture British Muslim families breaking fast during Ramadan in food bank Britain
a British Muslim family breaking their fast during Ramadan
Cost of living

Striking photos capture British Muslim families breaking fast during Ramadan in food bank Britain

Youth job grants: Will paying companies £3,000 to hire jobless youngsters fix youth unemployment?
a young person sat on a bench
Youth unemployment

Youth job grants: Will paying companies £3,000 to hire jobless youngsters fix youth unemployment?

Care leavers were given £2,000 to spend however they wanted. Here's what happened next
Aeryn, a care leaver who took part in a trial where she was given £2,000 to spend on whatever she wanted
Homelessness

Care leavers were given £2,000 to spend however they wanted. Here's what happened next

Birmingham bin workers’ strike, one year on: Inside the forgotten neighbourhoods lined with rubbish
rubbish lines the streets in Birmingham with graffiti saying 'remember the poor' on a wall
Employment

Birmingham bin workers’ strike, one year on: Inside the forgotten neighbourhoods lined with rubbish

The Roundhouse's 'critically important' role in punk: From The Ramones to making change in 2026
The Roundhouse CEO and artistic director Marcus Davey
Changemakers 2026

The Roundhouse's 'critically important' role in punk: From The Ramones to making change in 2026

Finding a rented home ‘easier than it has been for six years’ despite landlord exodus fears
a hand putting a key into another hand
RENTING

Finding a rented home ‘easier than it has been for six years’ despite landlord exodus fears

Meet the community group taking on 'absentee landlords' to put empty building in hands of artists
A placard reading Bradford needs cash not cuts
Activism

Meet the community group taking on 'absentee landlords' to put empty building in hands of artists

Are universities really churning out 700,000 jobless graduates on benefits?
university graduates at graduation
graduates

Are universities really churning out 700,000 jobless graduates on benefits?

Pensioners in poverty skip baths as water bills rise: 'I hate living this way'
elderly woman washing food in tap water
Water

Pensioners in poverty skip baths as water bills rise: 'I hate living this way'

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2026

More than 100 million children at risk in Middle East conflict, charity fears
War Child in Gaza
Middle East

More than 100 million children at risk in Middle East conflict, charity fears

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Revealed: Homeless people offered chairs not beds by councils in extreme weather
a person sleeping rough in a doorway
Homelessness

Revealed: Homeless people offered chairs not beds by councils in extreme weather

What will the Middle East conflict mean for UK energy bills?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers the Spring Statement (HM Treasury/Flickr)
Energy bills

What will the Middle East conflict mean for UK energy bills?

'Shocking' number of homeless deaths in Scotland spark calls for action ahead of Holyrood elections
Stock image of tents on the side of a road
Homelessness

'Shocking' number of homeless deaths in Scotland spark calls for action ahead of Holyrood elections

Disabled journalist fears ‘secret cuts’ to Access to Work could force her out of employment
Access to Work

Disabled journalist fears ‘secret cuts’ to Access to Work could force her out of employment