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I found strength, joy, resilience and community on the dance floor of queer clubs
Damian Kerlin

I found strength, joy, resilience and community on the dance floor of queer clubs

Euro 2024: Roy Keane on screen is more watchable than the football
Paul McNamee

Euro 2024: Roy Keane on screen is more watchable than the football

We urgently need a fresh cross-government approach to ending homelessness
Charlotte Talbott

We urgently need a fresh cross-government approach to ending homelessness

I watched all the documentaries about Lidl so you don't have to
Lucy Sweet

I watched all the documentaries about Lidl so you don't have to

Labour is yet to give much hope it will reduce poverty. We need more from the new government
keir starmer labour leader
Sabine Goodwin

Labour is yet to give much hope it will reduce poverty. We need more from the new government

Dear Keir Starmer, I'm a single mum and NHS worker. Please don't make me regret voting for you
Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria enter 10 Downing Street
Tayyaba Siddiqui

Dear Keir Starmer, I'm a single mum and NHS worker. Please don't make me regret voting for you

Things can only get better... if the Labour government takes urgent action to tackle poverty
labour keir starmer
Helen Barnard

Things can only get better... if the Labour government takes urgent action to tackle poverty

Libraries give us power. The next government must trust libraries to continue delivering for communities
A long library stack shows rows of books on both left and right.
Louis Coiffait-Gunn

Libraries give us power. The next government must trust libraries to continue delivering for communities

No, it isn't middle-class to vote for third-party or independent candidates in the general election
Kasmira Kincaid

No, it isn't middle-class to vote for third-party or independent candidates in the general election

People of colour bear the brunt of hostile immigration policies – it's a stain on our conscience
Wethersfield
Alba Kapoor and Hannah Marwood

People of colour bear the brunt of hostile immigration policies – it's a stain on our conscience

What happens if the Tories win?
Rishi Sunak after calling the 4 July general election
Adam Barnett

What happens if the Tories win?

All the ways the next government can and must end rough sleeping for good
Dr Tom Kerridge

All the ways the next government can and must end rough sleeping for good

Benefits claimants have been treated as a political punching bag this general election
rishi sunak at an election rally
Mikey Erhardt

Benefits claimants have been treated as a political punching bag this general election

Opinion polls are an important cog in our democracy – but the only poll that counts is election day
A polling station sign hangs on a wire fence outside a building
Jane Frost

Opinion polls are an important cog in our democracy – but the only poll that counts is election day

Politics needs saving. And it's going to have to be us who do it
John Bird

Politics needs saving. And it's going to have to be us who do it

Wellbeing is not a luxury. It's a basic human right which the next government must protect
person with head in hands
Sarah Cunningham

Wellbeing is not a luxury. It's a basic human right which the next government must protect

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Count Binface: 'The British people will be watching you, Keir Starmer'
Count Binface

Count Binface: 'The British people will be watching you, Keir Starmer'

Poverty and inequality are slowly poisoning Britain. It could lead to a far-right victory in 2029
person looking out of window
Will Snell

Poverty and inequality are slowly poisoning Britain. It could lead to a far-right victory in 2029

Glastonbury 2024 is over, but its magic will take longer to fade
Robin Ince

Glastonbury 2024 is over, but its magic will take longer to fade

Shocking political ad shows child as if at gunpoint. This is what it tells us about the Tory campaign
'don't surrender your family's future to labour' - rishi sunak post
Dr Nick Anstead

Shocking political ad shows child as if at gunpoint. This is what it tells us about the Tory campaign

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