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Disabled people faced a politically tumultuous 2025. What does next year have in store?
Disabled sign
Mikey Erhardt

Disabled people faced a politically tumultuous 2025. What does next year have in store?

Why we’re creating new housing union in 2026 to help renters, residents and leaseholders take on power
a raised fist
Suzanne Muna

Why we’re creating new housing union in 2026 to help renters, residents and leaseholders take on power

Our leaders must listen to scientists on climate change – or catastrophe is around the corner
Mark Wright

Our leaders must listen to scientists on climate change – or catastrophe is around the corner

The message that non-white people are unwelcome in the UK got louder in 2025 – here's the proof
protesters surround a police van
Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan

The message that non-white people are unwelcome in the UK got louder in 2025 – here's the proof

We need a stepchange in how we deal with homelessness in 2026 so society can heal
Jess Turtle

We need a stepchange in how we deal with homelessness in 2026 so society can heal

2025 was tough on the planet. We can't afford a year of Labour in-fighting on environment policy
onshore wind farm
Shaun Spiers

2025 was tough on the planet. We can't afford a year of Labour in-fighting on environment policy

Letters: I was homeless once. Now I'm filled with gratitude for how my life turned out
Letters

Letters: I was homeless once. Now I'm filled with gratitude for how my life turned out

2025 will not go down in history as the Year of the Starmer. Can he keep his job through 2026?
Tatton Spiller

2025 will not go down in history as the Year of the Starmer. Can he keep his job through 2026?

Read Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury's new Christmas story, created especially for Big Issue
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Read Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury's new Christmas story, created especially for Big Issue

New archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally: 'Let's keep kindness going after Christmas'
Sarah Mullally

New archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally: 'Let's keep kindness going after Christmas'

While we celebrate Christmas in the UK, this is the harsh reality of life for children in Gaza
Children in Gaza.
Alison Griffin

While we celebrate Christmas in the UK, this is the harsh reality of life for children in Gaza

Could Santa be a refugee? This is what his Christmas asylum journey would look like
Ala Sirriyeh

Could Santa be a refugee? This is what his Christmas asylum journey would look like