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'Utterly dire situation': Childcare costs surge to 'eye-watering' £158 per week
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Childcare

'Utterly dire situation': Childcare costs surge to 'eye-watering' £158 per week

Coram Family and Childcare's new annual survey has revealed that families are facing extortionate childcare costs. The government has a plan to fix it with the expansion of free childcare, but there are too few nursery spaces to meet demand
Tory government 'demonises' disabled people who face 'onerous' benefits system, UN warns
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Disabled people

Tory government 'demonises' disabled people who face 'onerous' benefits system, UN warns

Eric Cantona teases Manchester United return: 'With Jim Ratcliffe I think we come back at the best'
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Eric Cantona teases Manchester United return: 'With Jim Ratcliffe I think we come back at the best'

'I'm in crippling debt': Brits are falling behind on bills in record numbers amid cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

'I'm in crippling debt': Brits are falling behind on bills in record numbers amid cost of living crisis

Artists pays tribute to Big Issue vendors in thought-provoking project: 'Ordinary moments go unnoticed'
Our Vendors

Artists pays tribute to Big Issue vendors in thought-provoking project: 'Ordinary moments go unnoticed'

Most rough sleepers say they're treated unfairly by police, damning study reveals
rough sleeper appearing to be stamped on by police in BBC video
Homelessness

Most rough sleepers say they're treated unfairly by police, damning study reveals

'This will transform lives': London's Sadiq Khan invests £10m in safety for domestic abuse survivors
domestic abuse, sadiq Khan, London
Domestic abuse

'This will transform lives': London's Sadiq Khan invests £10m in safety for domestic abuse survivors

DWP faces 'outrage' and 'paranoia' if it continues plans to 'spy' on bank accounts
DWP
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP faces 'outrage' and 'paranoia' if it continues plans to 'spy' on bank accounts

Tory plan to criminalise rough sleepers will 'destroy homeless people's spirits', MPs warned
rough sleepers risk being criminalised by the Vagrancy Act
Homelessness

Tory plan to criminalise rough sleepers will 'destroy homeless people's spirits', MPs warned

Big Issue founder calls for a Ministry of Poverty Prevention ahead of the general election
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Ministry of Poverty Prevention

Big Issue founder calls for a Ministry of Poverty Prevention ahead of the general election

Prisoners could be released 60 days early to ease prison overcrowding
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Prisons

Prisoners could be released 60 days early to ease prison overcrowding

Local authority funding crisis 'putting future of council housing under threat'
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Social housing

Local authority funding crisis 'putting future of council housing under threat'

A quarter of young men think feminism is harming society. It's proof of a growing Gen Z divide
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Gender divide

A quarter of young men think feminism is harming society. It's proof of a growing Gen Z divide

Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son filmmaker Lorna Tucker named Big Issue ambassador
Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son film director Lorna Tucker has been named as a Big Issue ambassador
Big Issue ambassador

Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son filmmaker Lorna Tucker named Big Issue ambassador

'I thought I was going to die': The reality of life on controversial asylum barge Bibby Stockholm
Bibby Stockholm
Bibby Stockholm

'I thought I was going to die': The reality of life on controversial asylum barge Bibby Stockholm

Spring Budget: Rent campaigners accuse Jeremy Hunt of 'landlord giveaway' capital gains tax cut
Jeremy Hunt slashed capital gains tax at the Spring Budget sparking fears landlords will sell up
Renting

Spring Budget: Rent campaigners accuse Jeremy Hunt of 'landlord giveaway' capital gains tax cut

Tax cuts, vapes and fuel: What Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget means for you and your bank account
Jeremy Hunt delivering his 2024 spring budget
Spring Budget

Tax cuts, vapes and fuel: What Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget means for you and your bank account

Spring Budget: Jeremy Hunt abandons divisive 99% mortgage scheme
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt working on plans, portentially including 99% mortgages, ahead of the Spring Budget
Spring Budget

Spring Budget: Jeremy Hunt abandons divisive 99% mortgage scheme

Jeremy Hunt extends 'lifeline for families' household support fund for six months
Jeremy Hunt (right) faced calls to extend the Household Support fund
Spring budget

Jeremy Hunt extends 'lifeline for families' household support fund for six months

DWP sparks protests by disability activists over benefit sanctions and 'inhumane deaths'
DWP benefits protest
Disability benefits

DWP sparks protests by disability activists over benefit sanctions and 'inhumane deaths'

It's a 'surprise' more homeless children haven't died in temporary accommodation, charity says
55 children died while living in temporary accommodation
Homelessness

It's a 'surprise' more homeless children haven't died in temporary accommodation, charity says

Inside the Big Issue: 200 years of small boats
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: 200 years of small boats

Every damning detail from ex-border inspector's reports the Home Office didn't want you to see
David Neal's reports are damning for the Home Office
Immigration

Every damning detail from ex-border inspector's reports the Home Office didn't want you to see

Sarah Everard inquiry: Cops accused of violence against women must be suspended, government told
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Social justice

Sarah Everard inquiry: Cops accused of violence against women must be suspended, government told

Number of people sleeping rough in England more than double than when Tories came to power
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Homelessness

Number of people sleeping rough in England more than double than when Tories came to power