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Opinion

Water companies fouled our rivers, now they want us to pay to fix it
A dripping tap against dappled sunlight
Paul McNamee

Water companies fouled our rivers, now they want us to pay to fix it

Poverty is the great drain at the heart of the budget
Margaret Thatcher
John Bird

Poverty is the great drain at the heart of the budget

Why we need Energy for All, a radical and permanent solution to the energy pricing crisis
Fuel Poverty

Why we need Energy for All, a radical and permanent solution to the energy pricing crisis

Why ideas of ending poverty are still stuck in the realm of fantasy
Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s 1567 painting The Land of Cockaigne
John Bird

Why ideas of ending poverty are still stuck in the realm of fantasy

Spring Budget: Conservatives never reduce debt
Jeremy Hunt spring budget
Letters

Spring Budget: Conservatives never reduce debt

The Illegal Migration Bill shows a government in crisis and refugees are paying the price
Ian Dunt

The Illegal Migration Bill shows a government in crisis and refugees are paying the price

Scotland and Northern Ireland hold the cards for the UK's future
Bill Clinton and Gerry Adams shake hands in Belfast, November 1995
Paul McNamee

Scotland and Northern Ireland hold the cards for the UK's future

Sam Delaney: I have first-hand knowledge that Gary Lineker's lovely
Gary Lineker in The Match of The Day photo on Sam's mum's wall
happy memories

Sam Delaney: I have first-hand knowledge that Gary Lineker's lovely

Everyone is afraid of poverty, so why haven't we declared war on it?
J Paul Getty sits at a dining table alone
John Bird

Everyone is afraid of poverty, so why haven't we declared war on it?

It's time for ministers to treat homelessness like the emergency it is
Protesters holding placards saying 'safe and secure homes for all'
Paul McNamee

It's time for ministers to treat homelessness like the emergency it is

Gary Lineker is the final nail in the BBC's coffin and I won't be renewing my licence fee
Rose Morelli

Gary Lineker is the final nail in the BBC's coffin and I won't be renewing my licence fee

'Neurodivergent tax' is a price autistic people like me have to pay
Copies of the Beano laid out
Pete Wharmby

'Neurodivergent tax' is a price autistic people like me have to pay

The failures of education in prison are criminal
Amanda Spielman
Amanda Spielman

The failures of education in prison are criminal

Get your tax straight: two readers discuss the economy
a roll of money
Letters

Get your tax straight: two readers discuss the economy

It's National Vendor Week, and time to remember that we're all connected
Vendor week
Paul McNamee

It's National Vendor Week, and time to remember that we're all connected

In the face of this emergency, revolutionary thinking is required
Homeless on Victoria Embankment
John Bird

In the face of this emergency, revolutionary thinking is required

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
A reader writes: gambling companies target the most vulnerable
Boston, Levelling Up
Letters

A reader writes: gambling companies target the most vulnerable

What the NHS bed shortage means for patients who are homeless and have nowhere to go
Image of hospital worker/ public services
NHS crisis

What the NHS bed shortage means for patients who are homeless and have nowhere to go

Sam Delaney's guide to surviving a family party
Balloons at a birthday party
Sam Delaney

Sam Delaney's guide to surviving a family party

A poverty manifesto about the glues, syrups and treacles that get people stuck
Portrait of the satirist Jonathan Swift by Michael Dahl
John Bird

A poverty manifesto about the glues, syrups and treacles that get people stuck

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