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Big Issue Group responds to Rishi Sunak’s proposed welfare reforms
Rishi Sunak during his speech on the UK's 'sick note culture'
Big Issue Invest

Big Issue Group responds to Rishi Sunak’s proposed welfare reforms

Labour unveils plan for new housing on 'ugly grey belt land'. But is Starmer going far enough?
Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner announce new grey belt Labour housebuilding plan
Housing crisis

Labour unveils plan for new housing on 'ugly grey belt land'. But is Starmer going far enough?

Renting reforms risk 'trapping' victims of domestic violence with abusers, government warned
Renters Reform Bill domestic abuse warning
RENTING

Renting reforms risk 'trapping' victims of domestic violence with abusers, government warned

'It's a choice between dinner and devices': Millions of children held back by digital poverty
Exclusive

'It's a choice between dinner and devices': Millions of children held back by digital poverty

My daughter has been trapped in hospital for years with a learning disability – and she wants out
Disabilities

My daughter has been trapped in hospital for years with a learning disability – and she wants out

Millions missing out on £23billion in unclaimed DWP benefits – an average of £2,700 per person
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Benefits

Millions missing out on £23billion in unclaimed DWP benefits – an average of £2,700 per person

Renters being forced to move house costs £550m per year: 'I'm always in fight or flight'
renters are paying half a billion pounds for unwanted house moves
RENTING

Renters being forced to move house costs £550m per year: 'I'm always in fight or flight'

DWP could violate human rights with plan to snoop on benefit claimants' bank accounts
A miniature figurine businessman looking down on an information booklet for department for work and pensions
Benefits

DWP could violate human rights with plan to snoop on benefit claimants' bank accounts

Long-term sickness cannot be fixed by tightening 'harsh' disability benefits system, experts warn
long term sickness/ ill
Benefits

Long-term sickness cannot be fixed by tightening 'harsh' disability benefits system, experts warn

No-fault evictions put households at risk of homelessness over 80,000 times since Tory ban pledge
Renters Reform Bill campaigners call for the end of no-fault evictions
RENTING

No-fault evictions put households at risk of homelessness over 80,000 times since Tory ban pledge

'It's unforgivable': Michael Gove served 'eviction notice' by protesters over rising homelessness
DLUHC protest by HASL gives Michael Gove eviction notice
Homelessness

'It's unforgivable': Michael Gove served 'eviction notice' by protesters over rising homelessness

Criminal Justice Bill: Plan to criminalise rough sleeping will 'punish people with nowhere to go'
Tents in Brighton for rough sleepers who face being criminalised under the Criminal Justice Bill
Rough sleeping

Criminal Justice Bill: Plan to criminalise rough sleeping will 'punish people with nowhere to go'

DWP should keep targeting benefit fraud gangs – not disabled people and carers, campaigners say
Benefit fraud

DWP should keep targeting benefit fraud gangs – not disabled people and carers, campaigners say

Sure Start centres helped poorer children do better at GCSEs – before being decimated by Tories
children at Sure Start centres
Education

Sure Start centres helped poorer children do better at GCSEs – before being decimated by Tories

Living in Fitness Receives £55,000 Investment from Growth Impact Fund to Enhance Well-being for Older Adults
Press Release

Living in Fitness Receives £55,000 Investment from Growth Impact Fund to Enhance Well-being for Older Adults

'Fund the NHS properly': Private sector is not the answer, Wes Streeting told, amid funding row
Health

'Fund the NHS properly': Private sector is not the answer, Wes Streeting told, amid funding row

Taking an earlier, smaller state pension could see pensioners 'suffer for rest of their lives'
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Pensions

Taking an earlier, smaller state pension could see pensioners 'suffer for rest of their lives'

“I’m a very Northern man”: Zayn on Bradford roots and forging his own path in Big Issue exclusive
Press Release

“I’m a very Northern man”: Zayn on Bradford roots and forging his own path in Big Issue exclusive

Rent will rise faster than wages for years, think tank warns: 'Nowhere to hide from housing crisis'
calculating rents
RENTING

Rent will rise faster than wages for years, think tank warns: 'Nowhere to hide from housing crisis'

Inside the Big Issue: Zayn Malik on his return to music, Bradford and making positive change
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Zayn Malik on his return to music, Bradford and making positive change

Government must fix council tax benefits, charity says, as millions pushed into debt
council tax support/ houses
Benefits

Government must fix council tax benefits, charity says, as millions pushed into debt

DWP shamed over 'cruel' two-child benefit cap as millions trapped in poverty: 'Scrap this sibling tax'
Benefits

DWP shamed over 'cruel' two-child benefit cap as millions trapped in poverty: 'Scrap this sibling tax'

Unlock billions in private investment to help fight poverty, next UK government told
Big Issue Invest

Unlock billions in private investment to help fight poverty, next UK government told

Sadiq Khan promises 6,000 rent control homes for London key workers: 'I'll be a renters' champion'
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan
Housing

Sadiq Khan promises 6,000 rent control homes for London key workers: 'I'll be a renters' champion'

Single mum with arthritis faces homelessness after 'absolutely disgusting' no-fault eviction
Debbie Graham from Carlisle is facing a no-fault eviction
Renting

Single mum with arthritis faces homelessness after 'absolutely disgusting' no-fault eviction