Ride Out Recession Alliance

Charities call for new eviction ban for second English lockdown
The worst-affected areas were London, the south west and the east of England, where the poorest households shelled out over 50% of their monthly income on even the cheapest available rents.
Housing

Charities call for new eviction ban for second English lockdown

'Covid-19 threw oil onto the fire for single parents'
Victoria Benson

'Covid-19 threw oil onto the fire for single parents'

Your RORA idea: Could old computers breathe new life into communities?
Activism

Your RORA idea: Could old computers breathe new life into communities?

Universal Jobs Guarantee: Is it time for an ‘employer of last resort’?
A green sign for the job centre juts out from a brick building
Jake Shepherd

Universal Jobs Guarantee: Is it time for an ‘employer of last resort’?

How to save money through the coronavirus pandemic
Money

How to save money through the coronavirus pandemic

Disabled person handed £1,200 in Universal Credit sanctions during lockdown
Three pound coins sit in a pile on top of a £5 note. The Big Issue explains Universal Credit
Social Justice

Disabled person handed £1,200 in Universal Credit sanctions during lockdown

How the sharing economy can help us ride out the recession
Benita Matofska

How the sharing economy can help us ride out the recession

40,000 renters could face eviction over winter, say tenants campaigners
Renting Yuki Mok/PA
Housing

40,000 renters could face eviction over winter, say tenants campaigners

Your RORA idea: What 'costs' more, unemployment benefit or state pensions?
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Paul M.

Your RORA idea: What 'costs' more, unemployment benefit or state pensions?

Get involved in the Ride Out Recession Alliance
Activism

Get involved in the Ride Out Recession Alliance

Young 'hidden homeless' left with nowhere to turn due to Covid restrictions
Housing

Young 'hidden homeless' left with nowhere to turn due to Covid restrictions

Thousands going hungry and 'falling through the cracks' of universal credit
Social Justice

Thousands going hungry and 'falling through the cracks' of universal credit

It's time for a fair, just and sustainable housing system
Grace Blakeley

It's time for a fair, just and sustainable housing system

‘I was made redundant twice in three months’
young activists ask questions about their future for The Big Issue Wellbeing Week
Employment

‘I was made redundant twice in three months’

How to save money on energy bills during the Covid-19 pandemic
Money

How to save money on energy bills during the Covid-19 pandemic

Your RORA idea: 'Run the economy as though all people matter'
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Employment

Your RORA idea: 'Run the economy as though all people matter'

'The events industry must return – but redundancy means it's too late for me'
Employment

'The events industry must return – but redundancy means it's too late for me'

Government's £12m for rough sleeping risks 'winter crisis in the making'
rough sleeping
Housing

Government's £12m for rough sleeping risks 'winter crisis in the making'

Your RORA idea: 'Millionaires can pitch into central housing fund'
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Housing

Your RORA idea: 'Millionaires can pitch into central housing fund'

Job coach scheme 'too little too late' to save thousands from unemployment
Employment

Job coach scheme 'too little too late' to save thousands from unemployment