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Woke or anti-woke? Culture wars are poisoning society and politics, eye-opening study finds
Culture wars

Woke or anti-woke? Culture wars are poisoning society and politics, eye-opening study finds

'We're living in a nightmare': Iraqi refugee family evicted into homelessness has lost 'all sense of safety' in UK
Special report

'We're living in a nightmare': Iraqi refugee family evicted into homelessness has lost 'all sense of safety' in UK

Disabled nurse 'feels guilty being alive' as her family struggles with devastating cost of living
Laura Smith and family
Cost of living crisis

Disabled nurse 'feels guilty being alive' as her family struggles with devastating cost of living

'Fireworks sound like war': Ex-RAF member with PTSD warns of bonfire night's impact on veterans
veteran/ firworks
Veterans

'Fireworks sound like war': Ex-RAF member with PTSD warns of bonfire night's impact on veterans

Care leavers find it much harder to get a job – but any company would be lucky to have us
Employment

Care leavers find it much harder to get a job – but any company would be lucky to have us

Councils plead with Jeremy Hunt for urgent cash boost to keep families off the streets
temporary accommodation
Homelessness

Councils plead with Jeremy Hunt for urgent cash boost to keep families off the streets

One in 10 councils face effective bankruptcy as cost of placing children in care soars
council bankrupt
Local government

One in 10 councils face effective bankruptcy as cost of placing children in care soars

Majority of Brits can't name a single Black British historical figure. Here's how we change that
Black History Month

Majority of Brits can't name a single Black British historical figure. Here's how we change that

Rough sleeping in London hits record highs as Home Office clears asylum backlog
rough sleeping in London
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London hits record highs as Home Office clears asylum backlog

Yes, tourism and sustainability can go hand in hand. Here's how
A woman sits at the roots of a huge tree
The future of travel

Yes, tourism and sustainability can go hand in hand. Here's how

Mum with human waste dripping down kitchen walls wins gruelling legal battle against landlord
Social housing tenant Dawn Page took on housing association Clarion with Kwajo Tweneboa
Social housing

Mum with human waste dripping down kitchen walls wins gruelling legal battle against landlord

Tourism must reinvent itself to fight climate change and reach net zero. Here's how
Cottages made with rammed earth, Ranthambore, Rajasthan
the future of travel

Tourism must reinvent itself to fight climate change and reach net zero. Here's how

Drug dealer explains how he turned his life around after realising he was 'going to end up dead'
Justice system

Drug dealer explains how he turned his life around after realising he was 'going to end up dead'

Shareholders are pocketing billions in dividends – and it's making UK's housing crisis worse
Shareholder dividends are making the housing crisis worse
Tom Archer, Ian Cole

Shareholders are pocketing billions in dividends – and it's making UK's housing crisis worse

Conversion therapy and rental reform: Key policies activists want to see at heart of King's Speech
King's Speech

Conversion therapy and rental reform: Key policies activists want to see at heart of King's Speech

AI may be coming for your job – but there is hope, experts insist: 'We have a choice'
Illustration of a robot teacher
Artificial Intelligence

AI may be coming for your job – but there is hope, experts insist: 'We have a choice'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Inside UK's 'vital' libraries providing 'warm banks' as cost of living bites and households struggle
Image of woman getting warm by a fire
Warm banks

Inside UK's 'vital' libraries providing 'warm banks' as cost of living bites and households struggle

Cost of living: Man says he eats less and feels like a 'failure' due to benefits not covering essentials
mental health
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living: Man says he eats less and feels like a 'failure' due to benefits not covering essentials

Millions of Brits considering suicide due to cost of living crisis, report finds
Many universal credit claimants are struggling to cope. Image: Pexels
Cost of living crisis

Millions of Brits considering suicide due to cost of living crisis, report finds

Flooded Portaloos and outbreaks of scabies: Activists want 'appalling' Manston asylum centre closed
Manston migrant centre
Asylum seekers

Flooded Portaloos and outbreaks of scabies: Activists want 'appalling' Manston asylum centre closed