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Donations are down and customers are up – food banks say they are at crisis point
Donations are down and customers are up – food banks say they are at crisis point
Forget budgeting, food education and working more – people in poverty need adequate money, says food bank manager Charlotte White.
New records were set in 2021 for rising sea levels, greenhouse gas and ocean heat
New records were set in 2021 for rising sea levels, greenhouse gas and ocean heat
Four out of seven “key climate indicators” hit records levels in 2021, scientists have revealed.
Asked to do unpaid overtime? That’s wage theft and it could be pushing your pay below minimum wage
Asked to do unpaid overtime? That’s wage theft and it could be pushing your pay below minimum wage
Unpaid overtime could be pushing your pay below the minimum wage. Here’s how to get what you’re owed.
500 nurses and midwives are quitting every week
500 nurses and midwives are quitting every week
Inflation is at a 40-year high – and it’s hitting the poorest people hardest
Inflation is at a 40-year high – and it’s hitting the poorest people hardest
Five ways the cost of living is rising – and how to get help if you’re struggling
Five ways the cost of living is rising – and how to get help if you’re struggling
Diary of a food bank manager: ‘MPs’ comments do not relate in any way to what we see’
Diary of a food bank manager: ‘MPs’ comments do not relate in any way to what we see’
Petition signed by 145,000 people forces MPs to debate including trans conversion therapy in ban
Petition signed by 145,000 people forces MPs to debate including trans conversion therapy in ban
Eat your pets, and other innovative ways to get through the cost of living crisis
Eat your pets, and other innovative ways to get through the cost of living crisis
Inside the homeless soup kitchen asking Nicola Sturgeon for a helping hand
Inside the homeless soup kitchen asking Nicola Sturgeon for a helping hand
Exclusive: The UK’s rarest and most threatened wildlife sites are not being protected properly
Exclusive: The UK’s rarest and most threatened wildlife sites are not being protected properly
Delivery drivers boycott Just Eat, Deliveroo and Uber Eats calling for higher pay
Delivery drivers boycott Just Eat, Deliveroo and Uber Eats calling for higher pay
Jake Daniels’ coming out is a ‘huge step forward’ but abuse remains an issue, say LGBTQ+ fans
Jake Daniels’ coming out is a ‘huge step forward’ but abuse remains an issue, say LGBTQ+ fans
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Here are the charities leading the fight against LGBTQ+ homelessness in the UK
Here are the charities leading the fight against LGBTQ+ homelessness in the UK
Rents in the UK are rising at the highest rate for 14 years. Will they keep going up?
Rents in the UK are rising at the highest rate for 14 years. Will they keep going up?
The UK has more job vacancies than unemployed people for the first time
The UK has more job vacancies than unemployed people for the first time
Real wages have fallen by £68 a month since last year
Real wages have fallen by £68 a month since last year
Why you should count your plastic waste to help fight pollution
Why you should count your plastic waste to help fight pollution
Expanded stop and search powers will lead to ‘more criminalisation of Black people’, groups warn
Expanded stop and search powers will lead to ‘more criminalisation of Black people’, groups warn
Could Rishi Sunak hit oil and gas companies with a windfall tax after all?
Could Rishi Sunak hit oil and gas companies with a windfall tax after all?
As McDonald’s announces it’s leaving Russia for good, here’s a brief history of McDiplomacy
As McDonald’s announces it’s leaving Russia for good, here’s a brief history of McDiplomacy
Martin Lewis: ‘I can’t shut up because there really are lives at stake’
Martin Lewis: ‘I can’t shut up because there really are lives at stake’
School social enterprises take centre stage in this week’s Big Issue
School social enterprises take centre stage in this week’s Big Issue
The government has refused to make water companies monitor how much sewage they’re dumping in rivers
The government has refused to make water companies monitor how much sewage they’re dumping in rivers
The sexist traditions of ‘office housework’ – and how to end them
The sexist traditions of ‘office housework’ – and how to end them
5 ways to get help if you’re in a dispute with your landlord
5 ways to get help if you’re in a dispute with your landlord
A charity is taking the Home Office to court over a ‘dangerous’ women’s detention centre
A charity is taking the Home Office to court over a ‘dangerous’ women’s detention centre
‘It can’t be sustainable’: The hidden costs of demolishing council housing estates
‘It can’t be sustainable’: The hidden costs of demolishing council housing estates
Disabled people are ‘being hit harder by the cost of living crisis’
Disabled people are ‘being hit harder by the cost of living crisis’
A food charity has shut down claims from a Tory MP that people in poverty can’t cook
A food charity has shut down claims from a Tory MP that people in poverty can’t cook
‘I don’t even know what Jamaica looks like’, says man detained ahead of deportation flight
‘I don’t even know what Jamaica looks like’, says man detained ahead of deportation flight
Government told to act as Ukraine refugees at risk of human trafficking
Government told to act as Ukraine refugees at risk of human trafficking
Ukraine’s gig economy workers are now delivering food for a homeless charity
