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.

Labour must tackle “big wealth” from inheritance and land-owning in order to avoid a “divided society for generations to come ...

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

Jon McClure, singer with Reverend and the Makers, on their new charity single and why he’ll be playing songs for fans on ...

Tim Winton spent seven years writing Juice, a polemical take on a futuristic world after a climate apocalypse.

Her contemporary Martha Stewart, on the other hand, is like a cold salmon mousse that you’re not even allowed to look at, let ...

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

The Labour government has announced plans to boost employment levels as prime minister Keir Starmer has declared that Britain ...

Prime minister Keir Starmer "declared war on the benefits system", according to the Mail on Sunday. DWP plans will be ...

The Big Issue's first bumper Christmas special is out this week! Buy the magazine to read all about Last Christmas, the ...