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Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste
Man looking through food bank basked
Carina Millstone

Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste

Carina Millstone, executive director at charity Feedback Global, explains why food banks cannot be used as a tool to end food waste and poverty
For those still dealing with a post-Covid debt hangover, financial resilience is vital
debt advice/ call
Vikki Brownridge

For those still dealing with a post-Covid debt hangover, financial resilience is vital

Douglas Adams loved much about life and the universe – unlike today's billionaire space explorers
Robin Ince

Douglas Adams loved much about life and the universe – unlike today's billionaire space explorers

There's no defence for raiding the social security pot
John Bird

There's no defence for raiding the social security pot

It's 15 years since the UK government promised to end child poverty. Time to revive that ambition
Alex Firth

It's 15 years since the UK government promised to end child poverty. Time to revive that ambition

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
We must learn from Covid and ensure that disabled people are never again neglected
spring budget/ disabled people
Mikey Erhardt

We must learn from Covid and ensure that disabled people are never again neglected

'It worries me it could happen again': How Covid turned life upside down for children and young people
Text reads: Coronavirus. Stay at home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives
Dr Alison Penny

'It worries me it could happen again': How Covid turned life upside down for children and young people

Labour's benefits cuts are short-sighted, whatever way you look at it
keir starmer
Paul McNamee

Labour's benefits cuts are short-sighted, whatever way you look at it

We must not allow Nigel Farage to run away from his record on Ukraine
Adam Barnett 

We must not allow Nigel Farage to run away from his record on Ukraine

Adolescence is a powerful wake-up call about what's happening to our sons online
Holly Green, Dr Daniel Guinness

Adolescence is a powerful wake-up call about what's happening to our sons online

Labour must learn from the Covid-era Everyone In scheme to end homelessness
a person experiencing homelessness sleeping rough on the streets
John Glenton

Labour must learn from the Covid-era Everyone In scheme to end homelessness

Labour's rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty
liz kendall
Anela Anwar

Labour's rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty

Water isn't just an environmental issue – it’s a humanitarian emergency
Ariyon Bakare

Water isn't just an environmental issue – it’s a humanitarian emergency

Victorian illnesses like rickets are on the rise. We need radical change to end malnutrition
Lynn Perry

Victorian illnesses like rickets are on the rise. We need radical change to end malnutrition

UK loses £118bn a year to poor mental health. Cutting benefits is not the answer
Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary.
Oliver Chantler

UK loses £118bn a year to poor mental health. Cutting benefits is not the answer

Disabled people have spent years being attacked as spongers. Labour's benefit cuts are no different
keir starmer, angela rayner and rachel reeves
Mikey Erhardt

Disabled people have spent years being attacked as spongers. Labour's benefit cuts are no different

Labour's benefit cuts might only be worth the price tag of a Premier League striker – here's why
Disabled activists march on Euston Road to protest against legacy benefits decision
Arun Veerappan

Labour's benefit cuts might only be worth the price tag of a Premier League striker – here's why

40 years since it started, what's the point of Comic Relief?
Joanna Lumley and Amelia Dimoldenberg starred in a special sketch to launch Red Nose Day 2025. Image: by Daniel Loveday/Comic Relief
Samir Patel

40 years since it started, what's the point of Comic Relief?

I'm a disabled person claiming benefits – and I've lost all hope in the Labour government
Labour prime minister Keir Starmer
Arjan

I'm a disabled person claiming benefits – and I've lost all hope in the Labour government

Too many children with special educational needs are living in poverty. It's a waste of public funds
A group photo of Changing Realities after focused SEND meeting with Bridget Philipson on 13 March. Image: Supplied
Joanne Barker-Marsh

Too many children with special educational needs are living in poverty. It's a waste of public funds

Disabled and mentally ill people feel 'broken and without hope' over Labour's plans for benefits
rachel reeves and keir starmer
Readers' views

Disabled and mentally ill people feel 'broken and without hope' over Labour's plans for benefits

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Doctors ignored me, a disabled woman, when deciding if I'd be resuscitated in the pandemic
Rahima Begum

Doctors ignored me, a disabled woman, when deciding if I'd be resuscitated in the pandemic

Why the loss of terrestrial TV risks pushing millions of Brits to the margins
terrestrial TV
Elizabeth Anderson

Why the loss of terrestrial TV risks pushing millions of Brits to the margins

The government has a choice: Slash benefits and destroy lives or support disabled people
Keir Starmer
James Watson-O’Neill

The government has a choice: Slash benefits and destroy lives or support disabled people

How dance is helping women heal after being diagnosed with cancer
Emily Jenkins

How dance is helping women heal after being diagnosed with cancer

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