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'If I were PM I'd make dementia research a priority'
Julie Hayden
Dementia

'If I were PM I'd make dementia research a priority'

Dementia activist Julie Hayden has big plans for her time in No 10
Gloria Steinem and the 'long, long, long' feminist revolution
Gloria Steinem
Politics

Gloria Steinem and the 'long, long, long' feminist revolution

Over a million workers 'trapped in poverty' as they lose nearly £500 a month in cancelled shifts
A barista at work. Insecure work can be expensive for employees
insecure work

Over a million workers 'trapped in poverty' as they lose nearly £500 a month in cancelled shifts

Are Andy Burnham’s affordable homes plans a 'council housing revolution' or a 'massive backtrack'?
Housing

Are Andy Burnham’s affordable homes plans a 'council housing revolution' or a 'massive backtrack'?

Darren McGarvey: 'If I were prime minister I'd be pranking Tommy Robinson on the phone'
PM for the PM

Darren McGarvey: 'If I were prime minister I'd be pranking Tommy Robinson on the phone'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
It's 10 years since BHS folded. How do we put the spark back into the British high street?
The site of the old BHS in Kirkcaldy has been spruced up by locals but remains empty
Community

It's 10 years since BHS folded. How do we put the spark back into the British high street?

NEET numbers fall but young people still face jobs crisis: 'This is not a turning point'
people walking
NEETs

NEET numbers fall but young people still face jobs crisis: 'This is not a turning point'

'Disabled people are having to work 10 times harder to live their life and pursue their dreams'
Bella Roberts
Employment

'Disabled people are having to work 10 times harder to live their life and pursue their dreams'

Can transforming closed pubs into homes offer a solution to the housing crisis? 
Keely Dalfen (second from right) with some of the team at The Brick
Housing

Can transforming closed pubs into homes offer a solution to the housing crisis? 

Energy bills to rise to highest level in three years leaving households facing 'brutal winter'
a person turning a thermostat on a radiator
Energy Bills

Energy bills to rise to highest level in three years leaving households facing 'brutal winter'

Big Issue vendors react to Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge: ‘It would mean the world’
Vendor Bob Sheppard wears a Big Issue bucket hat from our summer support kit and holds our Oasis issue outside Big Issue's Bristol offices.
Housing

Big Issue vendors react to Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge: ‘It would mean the world’

In pictures: What it's like to sleep in your car while homeless in a heatwave
Sam Singleton's car parked next to a tent in the shade
Sam Singleton

In pictures: What it's like to sleep in your car while homeless in a heatwave

Reform wants to slash £50 billion from welfare spending. Here's what it could mean for benefits
Reform UK

Reform wants to slash £50 billion from welfare spending. Here's what it could mean for benefits

Protesters block roads and occupy offices over the cost of living: 'Bills are rising but so are we'
Acorn protesters occupied offices to protest the cost of living crisis
Protest

Protesters block roads and occupy offices over the cost of living: 'Bills are rising but so are we'

Chicken Shop Date star Amelia Dimoldenberg: 'Young people are always the first to bear the brunt of cuts'
Amelia Dimoldenberg
Employment

Chicken Shop Date star Amelia Dimoldenberg: 'Young people are always the first to bear the brunt of cuts'

Why do prime ministers now last as long as Premier League managers? 
Andy Burnham and his prime minister predecessors on a mock football pitch
Politics

Why do prime ministers now last as long as Premier League managers? 

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

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

'Everyone wants a job and it's a nightmare': What it's like to be a NEET young person in Britain
wren hill
Youth unemployment

'Everyone wants a job and it's a nightmare': What it's like to be a NEET young person in Britain

Inside Holiday Club: the summer school helping NEET young people start creative careers
Holiday Culb magazine
Creative jobs

Inside Holiday Club: the summer school helping NEET young people start creative careers

‘If people are sleeping rough, to me it says we don't have the care for people that we should have’
prime minister Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street
Housing

‘If people are sleeping rough, to me it says we don't have the care for people that we should have’

Andy Burnham to donate 15% of PM's salary to homelessness fight: ‘I want to lead from the front’
Prime minister Andy Burnham cooking at homelessness charity The Passage
Housing

Andy Burnham to donate 15% of PM's salary to homelessness fight: ‘I want to lead from the front’

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Maya Jama: 'Breaking into the creative industries shouldn’t come down to who you know'
Maya Jama
Employment

Maya Jama: 'Breaking into the creative industries shouldn’t come down to who you know'

Every rough sleeper to be offered a route off the street by Christmas, says Andy Burnham
prime minister Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street
Rough sleeping

Every rough sleeper to be offered a route off the street by Christmas, says Andy Burnham

NEETs crisis: How did one million young people fall off the career ladder?
Shuab Gamote
NEETs

NEETs crisis: How did one million young people fall off the career ladder?

Florence Eshalomi named as homelessness minister: 'I know what a difference a safe home makes'
Housing committee chair Florence Eshalomi heads a committee on children living in temporary accommodation
Homelessness

Florence Eshalomi named as homelessness minister: 'I know what a difference a safe home makes'