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How to get £150 off energy bills this winter with the warm home discount scheme
Cost of living crisis

How to get £150 off energy bills this winter with the warm home discount scheme

People on low incomes with high energy costs could get a £150 discount on their electricity bills this winter. We explain who is eligible, how to apply and when to expect it

Here’s when people will get their benefits in December – and the DWP Christmas bonus
Christmas

Here’s when people will get their benefits in December – and the DWP Christmas bonus

There are slightly different benefits payments dates for some people this Christmas, and you might be eligible for a bonus benefit. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the festive season

How do Big Issue sellers make money?
Activism

How do Big Issue sellers make money?

Our vendors are running their own micro-businesses. Here’s how they make money

How does The Big Issue help homeless people?
Activism

How does The Big Issue help homeless people?

Where does my money go when I buy The Big Issue?
Activism

Where does my money go when I buy The Big Issue?

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Here’s when people will get the cold weather payment this winter
Cost of living crisis

Here’s when people will get the cold weather payment this winter

Here’s when people will get the cost of living payment in 2024
Cost of living crisis

Here’s when people will get the cost of living payment in 2024

How many empty homes are there in the UK?
Housing

How many empty homes are there in the UK?

Here’s how to donate to a food bank near you this winter
Food banks

Here’s how to donate to a food bank near you this winter

When will the cost of living crisis end and will prices in the UK ever go down?
Cost of living crisis

When will the cost of living crisis end and will prices in the UK ever go down?

What is a warm bank and why are they needed this winter?
Cost of living crisis

What is a warm bank and why are they needed this winter?

When will house prices go down?
House Prices

When will house prices go down?

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2023
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2023

Here’s when pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in 2023
Benefits

Here’s when pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in 2023

UK poverty: The facts, effects and solutions in the cost of living crisis
Poverty

UK poverty: The facts, effects and solutions in the cost of living crisis

Child poverty in the UK: Latest figures as more plunged into destitution amid cost of living crisis
Child poverty

Child poverty in the UK: Latest figures as more plunged into destitution amid cost of living crisis

5 ways to help those suffering in the deadly Israel-Hamas war
Israel-Palestine conflict

5 ways to help those suffering in the deadly Israel-Hamas war

What is a People’s House? The demand made by Keir Starmer’s glittery conference protester
Democracy

What is a People’s House? The demand made by Keir Starmer’s glittery conference protester

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?
Renting

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?

The national living wage, real living wage and minimum wage explained
Minimum wage

The national living wage, real living wage and minimum wage explained

What are 15-minute cities? The truth behind the conspiracy theory seeping into UK government
15-Minute Cities

What are 15-minute cities? The truth behind the conspiracy theory seeping into UK government

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Will net zero make you broke? Here’s all the support on offer to make the switch
Net zero

Will net zero make you broke? Here’s all the support on offer to make the switch

Pension triple lock: What is it and how does it affect me?
Pensions

Pension triple lock: What is it and how does it affect me?

Nutrient neutrality: Why scrapping EU pollution rules to boost housebuilding has caused uproar
Environment

Nutrient neutrality: Why scrapping EU pollution rules to boost housebuilding has caused uproar

Everything you need to know about London’s Ulez scrappage scheme
Ulez

Everything you need to know about London’s Ulez scrappage scheme