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Vagrancy Act 2.0? The Criminal Justice Bill must not be allowed to make rough sleeping illegal
Layla Moran on Criminal Justice Bill, Vagrancy Act and rough sleeping
Layla Moran

Vagrancy Act 2.0? The Criminal Justice Bill must not be allowed to make rough sleeping illegal

Big Issue and giffgaff join forces to provide 250 vendors with refurbished phones
Illustration of two people engaging in a digital transaction. The foreground shows an enlarged smartphone displaying a successful contactless payment notification. In the background, one person wearing a Big Issue vendor's tabard holds magazines, gesturing in victory, while the other, carrying a backpack, uses their own phone, symbolizing connectivity and mobile commerce.
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Big Issue and giffgaff join forces to provide 250 vendors with refurbished phones

The Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudova review – unsettling short stories of grimy austerity
The Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudova is out now (Atlantic Books, £14.99)
Books

The Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudova review – unsettling short stories of grimy austerity

Harold Wilson's mistress-cum-secretary Marcia Williams was more trailblazer than troublemaker 
Illustration of Marcia Williams
Politics

Harold Wilson's mistress-cum-secretary Marcia Williams was more trailblazer than troublemaker 

Love Actually: Is it a Christmas classic or an unwatchable schmaltz-fest? 
Montage of stars of Love actually
Film

Love Actually: Is it a Christmas classic or an unwatchable schmaltz-fest? 

Top 5 young adult thrillers, selected by award-winning author Sarah Wishart
A young person in silhouette on a dark, misty road
Young Adult

Top 5 young adult thrillers, selected by award-winning author Sarah Wishart

Bad Taste by Nathalie Olah review – relentlessly anti-capitalist
Bad Taste: Or the Politics of Ugliness by Nathalie Olah
Books

Bad Taste by Nathalie Olah review – relentlessly anti-capitalist

Jeremy Hunt's tax cuts are a 'wasted opportunity to support those who need it most'
Henry Parkes

Jeremy Hunt's tax cuts are a 'wasted opportunity to support those who need it most'

Children growing up in care today are having a much worse time than I did
John Caldicott

Children growing up in care today are having a much worse time than I did

UK migration is at a record high – but immigration should be celebrated, not weaponised 
migration museum
Daniel Sohege

UK migration is at a record high – but immigration should be celebrated, not weaponised 

This orchestra is giving dementia sufferers something to sing about: 'Music changes lives'
Two people dance in front of a small orchestra in a church
Dementia

This orchestra is giving dementia sufferers something to sing about: 'Music changes lives'

'The wine trade is changing': Is technology the solution to the great wine fraud?
Illustration of a spilt glass of wine
Wine

'The wine trade is changing': Is technology the solution to the great wine fraud?