Labour has been urged to tackle surging homelessness after official statistics show 160,000 children are living in temporary ...

Meagan Levin, policy and public affairs manager at Turn2us, reacts to the DWP's plan to get benefits claimants into work.

Keane frontman Tom Chaplin talks to Big Issue about healing rifts, 20 years of hits with Hope and Fears, and embracing new ...

“Every child should enjoy the magic of Christmas,” says Dee Drake, the founder of The Toy Appeal. “No child should have to ...

This was a memorable year for music. BBC 6 Music DJ and writer Deb Grant runs us through some of her highlights.

The Education Policy Institute has warned children under five are more likely to experience food poverty than older children.

Nightbitch stars Amy Adams fighting the realities of raising a toddler; all while being pretty certain she’s turning into a ...

Zeina Zouein, deputy director of programmes for the International Rescue Committee in Lebanon, shares her experiences.

Government scare tactics have the power to exacerbate Britain’s work crisis, not solve it, writes Big Issue’s Catherine ...

Anela Anwar, chief executive of anti-poverty charity Z2K, reacts to the government’s ‘Get Britain Working’ white paper.

Rationing your energy use to 16 degrees – 2 degrees under the safe level – saves just 66p per day, experts have warned.

Poverty harms people's health and pushes people further away from work – so experts are calling for benefits to be increased.