learning and employment
Making gig work pay: How to manage your money with an irregular income
Making gig work pay: How to manage your money with an irregular income
Budgeting when you have an irregular income can be tricky – experts explain how you can make the most out of gig work
How Britain failed one million NEET young people: 'We're wasting a generation’s talent'
How Britain failed one million NEET young people: 'We're wasting a generation’s talent'
There has been a 60% rise in Big Issue vendors aged 18 to 24 since 2022: 'I wanted to be a lawyer'
There has been a 60% rise in Big Issue vendors aged 18 to 24 since 2022: 'I wanted to be a lawyer'
Beyond British seaside holidays: How homelessness and poverty go unseen in coastal communities
Beyond British seaside holidays: How homelessness and poverty go unseen in coastal communities
'Give people a chance': Monica Galetti on the restaurant helping people out of homelessness
'Give people a chance': Monica Galetti on the restaurant helping people out of homelessness
General Strike at 100: Could workers ever take action on the same scale again?
General Strike at 100: Could workers ever take action on the same scale again?
Youth unemployment has a 'long-term scarring effect' affecting finances and health decades later
Youth unemployment has a 'long-term scarring effect' affecting finances and health decades later
'I have not been to school since I was 13. The system is failing kids with special education needs'
'I have not been to school since I was 13. The system is failing kids with special education needs'
Cornwall is reinventing its mining past to take on China. But can lithium deliver a return to glory?
Cornwall is reinventing its mining past to take on China. But can lithium deliver a return to glory?
Birmingham bin workers’ strike, one year on: Inside the forgotten neighbourhoods lined with rubbish
Birmingham bin workers’ strike, one year on: Inside the forgotten neighbourhoods lined with rubbish
Perfect Show for Rachel presents a joyful world of possibility for disabled people
Perfect Show for Rachel presents a joyful world of possibility for disabled people
Disabled journalist fears ‘secret cuts’ to Access to Work could force her out of employment
Disabled journalist fears ‘secret cuts’ to Access to Work could force her out of employment
There's a blind spot with the SEND reforms which could push more families into poverty
There's a blind spot with the SEND reforms which could push more families into poverty
Mike Soutar: Employers are sitting on their hands when it comes to hiring. How can we change that?
Mike Soutar: Employers are sitting on their hands when it comes to hiring. How can we change that?
Why don't people just get a job? The answer is far from simple
Why don't people just get a job? The answer is far from simple
Labour's SEND reforms will live or die in classrooms. Families know what works
Labour's SEND reforms will live or die in classrooms. Families know what works
What will the SEND reforms mean for families and their disabled children?
What will the SEND reforms mean for families and their disabled children?
It was a traumatic, hellish fight trying to get SEND support for my daughter
It was a traumatic, hellish fight trying to get SEND support for my daughter
I left teaching because I felt eaten up by guilt that I couldn't help SEND children like my own
I left teaching because I felt eaten up by guilt that I couldn't help SEND children like my own
My children were out of school for more than a year as we fought to get them SEND support
My children were out of school for more than a year as we fought to get them SEND support
Mainstream school was right for my daughter. SEND changes could cause more harm than good
Mainstream school was right for my daughter. SEND changes could cause more harm than good
My son is deaf and blind – but it was months of fighting before he got SEND support
My son is deaf and blind – but it was months of fighting before he got SEND support
Youth unemployment at its highest point for a decade: 'It's like running into a brick wall'
Youth unemployment at its highest point for a decade: 'It's like running into a brick wall'
Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Learning and employment
Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Learning and employment
Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026
