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What UK can learn from Portugal's drug decriminalisation success
Black and white pic of discarded hypodermic needle
Drugs

What UK can learn from Portugal's drug decriminalisation success

I've overindulged in Christmas ads and it's left a bad taste. Here's why
Sam Delaney

I've overindulged in Christmas ads and it's left a bad taste. Here's why

Christmas TV guide 2023: The gentle pleasures of festive telly
Hannah Waddingham
Lucy Sweet

Christmas TV guide 2023: The gentle pleasures of festive telly

Shane MacGowan stood for hope amid hurt and loss. In a tough year, his funeral moved millions
Shane MacGowan
Paul McNamee

Shane MacGowan stood for hope amid hurt and loss. In a tough year, his funeral moved millions

How my pursuit for solutions to our social poverty problems took me to Lowestoft
John Bird and Peter Aldous visit a community in Lowestoft
John Bird

How my pursuit for solutions to our social poverty problems took me to Lowestoft

200,000 people liked a picture of my Christmas tree. It was cool, but brought difficult memories
Christmas tree being decorated
Sophia Alexandra Hall

200,000 people liked a picture of my Christmas tree. It was cool, but brought difficult memories

Russell T Davies' new Doctor Who will change the landscape of TV. Again
Ncuti Gatwa as The Doctor and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday
Darren Scott

Russell T Davies' new Doctor Who will change the landscape of TV. Again

Mrs Brown's Boys could be the anchor we all need this Christmas
Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Special
Paul McNamee

Mrs Brown's Boys could be the anchor we all need this Christmas

Lame Tories have failed us. Labour must plan to do better
Harold Macmillan at the 1957 Conservative Conference
John Bird

Lame Tories have failed us. Labour must plan to do better

Food bank volunteers at breaking point as demand rises: 'We must absorb the sadness and soldier on'
Earlsfield Foodbank
Charlotte White

Food bank volunteers at breaking point as demand rises: 'We must absorb the sadness and soldier on'

If UK doesn't value foreign care workers like me, it will never fix problems in social care
Care worker Sybil Msezane
Sybil Msezane

If UK doesn't value foreign care workers like me, it will never fix problems in social care

What Monsters Inc can teach us about the Dublin riots – and why we should all be a bit more Sulley
Sulley in Monsters Inc leans over the bed of a child
Paul McNamee

What Monsters Inc can teach us about the Dublin riots – and why we should all be a bit more Sulley

No, Brexit didn't help UK 'take back control' – it made immigration rise. Here's how
Hein de Haas

No, Brexit didn't help UK 'take back control' – it made immigration rise. Here's how

I never knew my mother before her accident. Maybe I was the lucky one
Robin Ince

I never knew my mother before her accident. Maybe I was the lucky one

Thousands of people in England live with undiagnosed HIV. Here's how we find them
Reception area in an NHS hospital
Richard Angell

Thousands of people in England live with undiagnosed HIV. Here's how we find them

COP28: Here's how a just transition from fossil fuels can save us
Protesters carrying banners against fossil fuels
Kim Goodall

COP28: Here's how a just transition from fossil fuels can save us

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Shane MacGowan spoke for outsiders and those left behind. There are no others quite like him
Paul McNamee

Shane MacGowan spoke for outsiders and those left behind. There are no others quite like him

UK's food poverty crisis is spiralling out of control – and there's only one way to fix it
People queueing at a food bank
Sabine Goodwin

UK's food poverty crisis is spiralling out of control – and there's only one way to fix it

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

London must unite to stand up against anti-Semitism
Sam Delaney

London must unite to stand up against anti-Semitism

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