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Can employers really ban the burka in the workplace?
Paul Kelly

Can employers really ban the burka in the workplace?

Supported housing saves the taxpayer billions – but it's facing an urgent financial crisis
a person in a wheelchair at a home with a chalkboard
Suzannah Young

Supported housing saves the taxpayer billions – but it's facing an urgent financial crisis

From Southport to Epping, social media's failure to act is fuelling racist violence
Naema Malik

From Southport to Epping, social media's failure to act is fuelling racist violence

My hiatus from work led to some new ideas around poverty prevention
John Bird

My hiatus from work led to some new ideas around poverty prevention

The Epping asylum seeker hotel ruling is a planning problem that the government can solve
Lanpro's Faraz Baber
Faraz Baber

The Epping asylum seeker hotel ruling is a planning problem that the government can solve

Donald Trump wants 'the homeless to move out' – while simultaneously dismantling homelessness prevention
Steven MacKenzie

Donald Trump wants 'the homeless to move out' – while simultaneously dismantling homelessness prevention

Scapegoating asylum seekers is not the answer to violence against women and girls
Cat Linton

Scapegoating asylum seekers is not the answer to violence against women and girls

Five-week universal credit wait for claimants is a baffling own goal – here's the proof
looking down on a table that has a notebook open on it alongside a pen, calculator and an apple // housing benefit
Juliette Flach

Five-week universal credit wait for claimants is a baffling own goal – here's the proof

Most people with ADHD do not tell their employer – here's why we must break the silence
Photo shows a man working on a laptop with his head in one hand
Louise Ansari

Most people with ADHD do not tell their employer – here's why we must break the silence

I believe the Green Party is now the last best hope of saving democracy – we must stay focused
Baroness Jenny Jones

I believe the Green Party is now the last best hope of saving democracy – we must stay focused

Mix Tape review – hit-and-miss BBC drama is hard to love
Lucy Sweet

Mix Tape review – hit-and-miss BBC drama is hard to love

I've had a knife pulled on me and seen people chased with machetes – so I had to do something
Sam Edmunds

I've had a knife pulled on me and seen people chased with machetes – so I had to do something

It takes more than a set of keys to help someone out of homelessness – trust me, I know
a hand holding house keys
Gary Meek

It takes more than a set of keys to help someone out of homelessness – trust me, I know

The UK has a fertility crisis – here's how we solve it
Stock image of a pregnant person's baby bump
Professor Geeta Nargund

The UK has a fertility crisis – here's how we solve it

I reached out to a food bank after losing everything – it changed my life forever
Hugh McNeill

I reached out to a food bank after losing everything – it changed my life forever

Refugees living in the UK are terrified. Please stand with us in solidarity
A woman holding a sign calling for people to 'Hear us' and 'Believe us'. Image: Simon Tang/ Women for Refugee Women
Memory

Refugees living in the UK are terrified. Please stand with us in solidarity

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
We need to stop turning on migrants and understand where the real power and blame lies
Dr Shabna Begum

We need to stop turning on migrants and understand where the real power and blame lies

Travelling for work shouldn't be a postcode lottery – but our transport system makes it one
A bus stop at Nailsea
Clive Wratten

Travelling for work shouldn't be a postcode lottery – but our transport system makes it one

Mental Health Bill leaves 'dangerous gaps' which could threaten our human rights
One in five adults reported depression symptoms earlier this year, twice the rate recorded before the pandemic. mental health
Dr Thomas Peck

Mental Health Bill leaves 'dangerous gaps' which could threaten our human rights

Oasis are still connecting and still making history after all these years. Where were you?
Paul McNamee

Oasis are still connecting and still making history after all these years. Where were you?