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People with disabilities and ill health more likely to leave work, study finds – the DWP must fix this
dwp
Work

People with disabilities and ill health more likely to leave work, study finds – the DWP must fix this

From the NHS to 'spreading opportunity': Here's what should be in Keir Starmer's 'plan for change'
Plan for change

From the NHS to 'spreading opportunity': Here's what should be in Keir Starmer's 'plan for change'

I thought being a man meant being tough and strong. But real strength comes from asking for help
Dan Guiness

I thought being a man meant being tough and strong. But real strength comes from asking for help

Tower block tenants trapped in 'living nightmare' by bed bug infestations: 'I'm riddled with them'
bed bugs
Housing

Tower block tenants trapped in 'living nightmare' by bed bug infestations: 'I'm riddled with them'

The UK must change for disabled people in 2025 – so we can live the lives we deserve
a disability rights poster
Mikey Erhardt

The UK must change for disabled people in 2025 – so we can live the lives we deserve

How the Big Issue supports vendors through the winter
Behind the scenes

How the Big Issue supports vendors through the winter

Assisted dying is a step closer to being legalised – but are the safeguards tough enough?
kim leadbeater talking about her assisted dying bill
Assisted dying

Assisted dying is a step closer to being legalised – but are the safeguards tough enough?

'This is a very difficult decision': MPs vote to take forward assisted dying bill after emotional debate
kim leadbeater
Assisted dying

'This is a very difficult decision': MPs vote to take forward assisted dying bill after emotional debate

'Alcohol felt like home to us': A mother and daughter's story of alcoholism – and how they overcame it
Alcoholism

'Alcohol felt like home to us': A mother and daughter's story of alcoholism – and how they overcame it

Keane's Tom Chaplin: 'There's a natural sense of perspective that comes with getting older'
Pop/rock band Keane sat on a bench
Music

Keane's Tom Chaplin: 'There's a natural sense of perspective that comes with getting older'

Get Britain Working: What are Labour's plans for the DWP, benefits and employment support?
Stock image of a Job Centre Plus sign
Department for Work and Pensions

Get Britain Working: What are Labour's plans for the DWP, benefits and employment support?

What to do about mould and damp in a rented property
a horizontal view of the top floors on a row of terraced houses
Housing

What to do about mould and damp in a rented property

These children are going blind – so their parents gave them memories to last a lifetime
kids
Film

These children are going blind – so their parents gave them memories to last a lifetime

IVF pioneer Jean Purdy made parenthood possible for millions. We must celebrate this unsung hero 
Parenting

IVF pioneer Jean Purdy made parenthood possible for millions. We must celebrate this unsung hero 

'We are breaking barriers': People facing mental health crisis need safe spaces and community
mental health
Jo Armstrong

'We are breaking barriers': People facing mental health crisis need safe spaces and community

Movember: Men being more attuned to their cars than their own bodies needs to change
Health

Movember: Men being more attuned to their cars than their own bodies needs to change

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Nitazenes are claiming homeless lives. Here's how one group is fighting the deadly threat
a syringe and pills of drugs
Anthony Vaughan

Nitazenes are claiming homeless lives. Here's how one group is fighting the deadly threat

Buffer zones outside abortion clinics are step in right direction – but other problems persist
Abortion

Buffer zones outside abortion clinics are step in right direction – but other problems persist

Pushing mentally ill people from their hospital beds and into offices will only make things worse
Dr Claire Ashley

Pushing mentally ill people from their hospital beds and into offices will only make things worse

Nitazenes: Harm reduction advice to help keep safe
A syringe of naloxone
Drugs

Nitazenes: Harm reduction advice to help keep safe

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