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Brits feel more powerless and distrusting than ever, research finds: 'This is worrying for all of us'
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Brits feel more powerless and distrusting than ever, research finds: 'This is worrying for all of us'

More than half (54%) of the public say ‘people like them’ are powerless to change things in Britain
How taxing private landlords helped 1.1 million renters become first-time buyers
a row of UK houses
RENTING

How taxing private landlords helped 1.1 million renters become first-time buyers

Everyone thinks pensioners are rich. But I'm forced to choose between heating and eating
pensioner
Pensioner poverty

Everyone thinks pensioners are rich. But I'm forced to choose between heating and eating

Zarah Sultana calls for MPs to be banned from being landlords
Housing

Zarah Sultana calls for MPs to be banned from being landlords

Renters' Rights Bill must become law 'as soon as possible', housing minister says
Renting

Renters' Rights Bill must become law 'as soon as possible', housing minister says

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Single people must earn at least £30,500 per year to live well in the UK
woman in supermarket
Living standards

Single people must earn at least £30,500 per year to live well in the UK

Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts
A Trussell food bank worker sorting food parcels. Image: Dan Prince
Food banks

Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts

Wildfires are on the rise in Britain. So how do we protect ourselves?
Climate change

Wildfires are on the rise in Britain. So how do we protect ourselves?

Watering down the Employment Rights Bill after Rayner exit would be 'gift' to Farage, experts warn
Workers' rights

Watering down the Employment Rights Bill after Rayner exit would be 'gift' to Farage, experts warn

Universal credit sanctions 'undermine' Jobcentre employment support, DWP warned by MPs
A DWP Jobcentre
Department for Work and Pensions

Universal credit sanctions 'undermine' Jobcentre employment support, DWP warned by MPs

What the wave of St George's flags across England means for national identity
Nationalism

What the wave of St George's flags across England means for national identity

Meet the primary school children with big ideas to end homelessness in the UK
Homelessness

Meet the primary school children with big ideas to end homelessness in the UK

Scotland faces growing nitazenes threat as it grapples with drugs deaths crisis
a syringe and pills of drugs
Drugs

Scotland faces growing nitazenes threat as it grapples with drugs deaths crisis

'Soap opera politics?': Angela Rayner resigns as housing secretary and deputy PM after underpaying stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

'Soap opera politics?': Angela Rayner resigns as housing secretary and deputy PM after underpaying stamp duty

Renters make last-ditch plea for Labour to cap sky-high rents in Renters’ Rights Bill
Labour deputy prime minister and housing secretary Angela Rayner
RENTING

Renters make last-ditch plea for Labour to cap sky-high rents in Renters’ Rights Bill

'We can read their eyes': Donkeys serve as 'animal ambulances' in Gaza. But they now face starvation, Palestinian vet warns
Gaza

'We can read their eyes': Donkeys serve as 'animal ambulances' in Gaza. But they now face starvation, Palestinian vet warns

He’ll ‘never be prime minister’, but how will Zack Polanski’s Green Party victory change UK politics?
Zack Polanski
Politics

He’ll ‘never be prime minister’, but how will Zack Polanski’s Green Party victory change UK politics?

Single-parent families almost four times more likely to be homeless than families with two parents
a father and daughter washing hands
Homelessness

Single-parent families almost four times more likely to be homeless than families with two parents

'Cruel' housing benefit 'quirk' forces thousands of vulnerable young people to give up work
Housing benefit

'Cruel' housing benefit 'quirk' forces thousands of vulnerable young people to give up work

International students could be put in 'danger' by Home Office crackdown on asylum claims
Sam Pordale with a fellow student campaigner. Image: Sam Pordale
Asylum seekers

International students could be put in 'danger' by Home Office crackdown on asylum claims

Are asylum seekers 'living it up' in luxury hotels like Rylan says? Here's the reality
Asylum seekers

Are asylum seekers 'living it up' in luxury hotels like Rylan says? Here's the reality

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Shoe Aid, STEPPING UP for footwear Poverty this September
Social Justice

Shoe Aid, STEPPING UP for footwear Poverty this September

Revealed: Asylum hotel protests dwarfed by runners going to Parkrun
Parkrun runners
Asylum protests

Revealed: Asylum hotel protests dwarfed by runners going to Parkrun

Disabled families use foil blankets to keep warm as energy bills keep surging: 'We have to keep going'
energy bills
fuel poverty

Disabled families use foil blankets to keep warm as energy bills keep surging: 'We have to keep going'

Revealed: How Lifetime ISAs block some young people from buying their first home
Housing

Revealed: How Lifetime ISAs block some young people from buying their first home