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Opinion

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

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

Malign rhetoric on refugees is not welcome here
Signs saying refugees welcome
Paul McNamee

Malign rhetoric on refugees is not welcome here

The future of levelling up looks bleak - even Labour's plans will hold back local areas
Daniel Reast

The future of levelling up looks bleak - even Labour's plans will hold back local areas

It's time universal credit is paid differently so women in a controlling relationship can leave their abuser
domestic abuse/ universal credit
Jess Southgate

It's time universal credit is paid differently so women in a controlling relationship can leave their abuser

Disabled people are missing out on the government's cost of living payments. This needs to change
cost of living help for households
Rachel Charlton-Dailey

Disabled people are missing out on the government's cost of living payments. This needs to change

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
A reader's theory on how BP is making such massive profits
BPsignage
Letters

A reader's theory on how BP is making such massive profits

A year into war, there’s still optimism to be found in Kyiv
Ukraine
Russian invasion

A year into war, there’s still optimism to be found in Kyiv

Here's what we should do with Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth
Monument by Rachel Whiteread
Letters

Here's what we should do with Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth

Nicola Sturgeon and Jacinda Ardern - what two shock resignations tell us about good leadership
Rainbow Murray

Nicola Sturgeon and Jacinda Ardern - what two shock resignations tell us about good leadership

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