28 inspiring campaigns and campaigners to make you believe …
May 11, 2023 · 2. The Police Bill Alliance. The controversy over arrested protesters at he coronation has quickly shown the pitfalls of the government’s policing legislation, thanks to the Public Order Act.
Pension credit wait times double – fuelling fears over DWP winter …
Nov 18, 2024 · As recently as 4 November, the DWP was sending letters to pensioners advising them to apply for pension credit if they are eligible. Based on the most recent figures, someone applying for pension credit in early November would on average only receive their pension credit – and associated winter fuel payments – in mid-January. Payments can be backdated, but such delays would mean applicants ...
UK poverty: the facts, figures and effects in the cost of living crisis
Jan 23, 2024 · This includes 4.2 million children, which is almost one in three (29%).There are also 8.1 million working-age adults and 2.1 million pensioners living in poverty. Around two in every 10 adults are in poverty in the UK, and about three in every 10 children are in poverty.
These charities collect furniture for free to help those in need
Nov 26, 2024 · All proceeds will go to the operation of food banks, computer recycling, and a newly found debt advice service. In West London, Trinity Homeless Projects runs charity furniture collections to stock its stores, with proceeds going towards its work ending homelessness. Sue Ryder. Sue Ryder provides palliative care and aid to those living with a terminal illness alongside providing bereavement ...
Inside the making of feel-good queer comedy Smoggie Queens
Nov 27, 2024 · Smoggie Queens is the deliciously salty tonic that we need at the end of a testing year. In the very first scene of BBC Three’s wilfully silly new sitcom, drag matriarch Mam (seasoned character actor Mark Benton) casually recalls the time she got a hamster stuck to her “gooch”, or perineum.
28 purposeful campaigns proving change in the UK is possible
May 6, 2024 · Change can often be slow. As we’ve seen with the abolition of no-fault evictions and leasehold reform, the glacial pace of government-led transformation leads to frustration from those affected by injustice. In its place, campaigners and activists can fill the gap. Named after the housing campaigner Sheila McKechnie, who was at the launch of the Big Issue back in 1991, the Sheila McKechnie ...
Flood risk: Map shows how many times your area has flooded
Jan 5, 2022 · Big Futures is calling on the Government to put in place a plan and policies to break this cycle of poverty for good. We are calling for long-term solutions to meet the biggest issues faced in the UK today – the housing crisis, low wages and the climate crisis.
Say Nothing star Josh Finan on playing Gerry Adams in IRA drama
Nov 14, 2024 · Based on the book of the same name, Say Nothing is Disney’s tilt at turning the Troubles into prestige TV. Set against the early days of the conflict in the late 1960s, it begins as the Provisional IRA is upping its campaign against the British state.
How radical was Rachel Reeves' budget, really? Experts weigh in
Oct 31, 2024 · As the first Labour budget in 14 years, Wednesday’s autumn statement from Rachel Reeves was billed as a once in a generation event. A “huge day for Britain”. The most consequential in 20 years. Reeves announced £40bn in tax rises, increased the minimum wage and tweaked taxes on cigarettes, pints and second homes. Underneath the surface, however, do the chancellor’s economic plans ...
How does The Big Issue help the homeless?
Nov 28, 2023 · (From left to right) Daisy Hampson, Big Issue frontline worker, Jon Gregg, Big Issue vendor, Lord John Bird, founder of the Big Issue, Kelvin Gregory, Big Issue vendor, Daniel Mays, actor and Big Issue Ambassador and Leventica Paun, Big Issue frontline worker at the launch of Big Issue's Christmas campaign.