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Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?
Two people in vests work on the Covid memorial wall
Five years since the pandemic

Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?

Covid exposed brutal differences in how poverty affects health. Experts warn we’ve not learned our lessons, as the poor continue to live shorter, unhealthier lives
Chav Solidarity author D Hunter: ‘My violent childhood left me without role models for parenting’
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Chav Solidarity author D Hunter: ‘My violent childhood left me without role models for parenting’

How a new electric van is helping Oxfordshire’s over-50s to keep fit
A man wearing a white sports top and light trousers stands smiling next to a grey Citroën ë-Berlingo van with “Living in Fitness” and “Driving Change for Good” branding. The van is parked at an electric vehicle charging station with a Fastned charger in the background. The setting is an outdoor charging area with a covered structure and trees with autumn foliage.
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How a new electric van is helping Oxfordshire’s over-50s to keep fit

Top Stories

Understanding your payslip: Making sense of deductions and contributions
Payslip

Understanding your payslip: Making sense of deductions and contributions

Letters: Adolescence didn’t feel like a drama – it’s too close to real life
Letters

Letters: Adolescence didn’t feel like a drama – it’s too close to real life

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Health

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Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?
Two people in vests work on the Covid memorial wall
Five years since the pandemic

Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?

We all clapped for the NHS during the Covid pandemic. Did it actually do… anything?
Healthcare workers march through London during the pandemic. Image: Unsplash
Five years since the pandemic

We all clapped for the NHS during the Covid pandemic. Did it actually do… anything?

Poor women without education least likely to recover from effects of Covid, study finds
Five years since the pandemic

Poor women without education least likely to recover from effects of Covid, study finds

Postnatal thoughts: Having a baby is so irrational – but I did it anyway
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Postnatal thoughts: Having a baby is so irrational – but I did it anyway

Money

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Understanding your payslip: Making sense of deductions and contributions
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Payslip

Understanding your payslip: Making sense of deductions and contributions

Living on the edge: How to avoid falling into poverty amid rising costs
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Poverty line

Living on the edge: How to avoid falling into poverty amid rising costs

Crisis-proofing your finances: How to prepare for the unexpected with an emergency fund
Emergency fund

Crisis-proofing your finances: How to prepare for the unexpected with an emergency fund

How to get school uniforms on a budget in 2025
school uniform illustration
School uniforms

How to get school uniforms on a budget in 2025

Ethical shopping

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B Corp Britain: These are the companies near you doing things differently
B Corp Month

B Corp Britain: These are the companies near you doing things differently

‘We’re committed to being a force for good’: Meet the ethical entrepreneurs doing business better
B Corp Month

‘We’re committed to being a force for good’: Meet the ethical entrepreneurs doing business better

giffgaff and Big Issue Partner to Bridge Digital Divide
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giffgaff and Big Issue Partner to Bridge Digital Divide

Designer and activist Katharine Hamnett on fast fashion, the planet and photobombing Thatcher
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Second hand September

Designer and activist Katharine Hamnett on fast fashion, the planet and photobombing Thatcher

Food

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I’m a market gardener. Here’s why you’ve probably never really tasted a tomato before
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I’m a market gardener. Here’s why you’ve probably never really tasted a tomato before

36 places where kids can eat free or for £1 in February half term
kids eat free/ easter holidays
Cost of living crisis

36 places where kids can eat free or for £1 in February half term

Healthy foods ‘more than twice as expensive’ as unhealthy foods, report finds: ‘We’re in a bad place’
Photo shows several people standing with easels as part of The Food Foundation's Broken Plate exhibition
Food

Healthy foods ‘more than twice as expensive’ as unhealthy foods, report finds: ‘We’re in a bad place’

This is why your Christmas turkey costs more this year
Food

This is why your Christmas turkey costs more this year

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