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33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the October half term
kids eat free/ easter holidays
Kids eat free

33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the October half term

Here are all of the places where kids can eat for free and cheap over the October half term, as families face tighter budgets in the school break
Letters: I'd be happy to pay a bit more tax if it fixed the country
Letters

Letters: I'd be happy to pay a bit more tax if it fixed the country

I can never walk past a church without going in. All the complexities of human life are inside
Books

I can never walk past a church without going in. All the complexities of human life are inside

Foraging has helped make Finland the world's happiest country. What can we learn from the forest?
Food

Foraging has helped make Finland the world's happiest country. What can we learn from the forest?

Why British sauna culture is picking up steam
Health

Why British sauna culture is picking up steam

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Britain's mental health crisis is a leadership crisis, too
mental health
Ashley Mills

Britain's mental health crisis is a leadership crisis, too

Free phones are helping 400 people find work after homelessness and unemployment
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Free phones are helping 400 people find work after homelessness and unemployment

Letters: The system creating poverty must be eradicated. That system is capitalism
Letters

Letters: The system creating poverty must be eradicated. That system is capitalism

Number of deaths from nitazenes increases fourfold in two years – but true number may never be known
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Drug deaths

Number of deaths from nitazenes increases fourfold in two years – but true number may never be known

People with learning disabilities are dying 20 years early, report finds: 'They deserve better'
Top left: Chloe Every. Bottom left and right: Charlie Lander and family
Learning disabilities

People with learning disabilities are dying 20 years early, report finds: 'They deserve better'

How a grassroots effort to save an abandoned leisure centre grew into something much more
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How a grassroots effort to save an abandoned leisure centre grew into something much more

People with mental health issues forced to share their PIN – leaving them open to 'abuse and fraud'
Financial inclusion

People with mental health issues forced to share their PIN – leaving them open to 'abuse and fraud'

The power of refurbished tech
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The power of refurbished tech

Letters: I feel very alone as a working-class liberal
Letters

Letters: I feel very alone as a working-class liberal

'Are you really the doctor?': The realities of life as a Black doctor in the NHS
Health

'Are you really the doctor?': The realities of life as a Black doctor in the NHS

Everything you need to know about how to apply for universal credit
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Universal credit

Everything you need to know about how to apply for universal credit

'It's never been more urgent': Inside the garden project empowering communities to grow their own food
George Cornelius gives a tour of Loddington's school garden and wetland project
Food

'It's never been more urgent': Inside the garden project empowering communities to grow their own food

What do bankers think of a windfall tax on the banks? We went to the City of London to find out
Economics
Bank tax

What do bankers think of a windfall tax on the banks? We went to the City of London to find out

What are the eight Marmot Principles and how could they transform the health of a local area?
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Health inequality

What are the eight Marmot Principles and how could they transform the health of a local area?

The hidden cost of going unseen and unheard
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The hidden cost of going unseen and unheard

Letters: I've never met someone with a learning disability earning £30,000 a year
Letters

Letters: I've never met someone with a learning disability earning £30,000 a year

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Living with Tourette's syndrome is exhausting, heartbreaking… and undeniably funny
Health

Living with Tourette's syndrome is exhausting, heartbreaking… and undeniably funny

DWP payment dates in October 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month
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Benefits

DWP payment dates in October 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month

Supermarkets have a near monopoly on British food. Is it time for change?
In the aisles of a British supermarket.
Food

Supermarkets have a near monopoly on British food. Is it time for change?

Never underestimate the power of pets
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Never underestimate the power of pets