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Opinion

Disabled children are bearing the brunt of a broken social care system – they deserve better
A man holding a child
James Watson-O'Neill

Disabled children are bearing the brunt of a broken social care system – they deserve better

We can't lose women's football to climate change, says England star Chris Lockwood
Chris Lockwood

We can't lose women's football to climate change, says England star Chris Lockwood

This is how Donald Trump's tariff war could affect your bin collection
Paul McNamee

This is how Donald Trump's tariff war could affect your bin collection

Why I love The Apprentice and its enduring incompetence
Lucy Sweet

Why I love The Apprentice and its enduring incompetence

I quit booze aged 30 to impress a beautiful girl. It's the best thing I ever did
Tommy Stewart

I quit booze aged 30 to impress a beautiful girl. It's the best thing I ever did

I'm 18 and bed bound with long Covid. This is what it's like to be held hostage by your own body
Emily-May Stephenson

I'm 18 and bed bound with long Covid. This is what it's like to be held hostage by your own body

Young LGBTQ+ people are made homeless because of who they are – but official stats don't show it
Young people are at high risk of homelessness and exploitation.
Melissa Gilpin

Young LGBTQ+ people are made homeless because of who they are – but official stats don't show it

I'm an aid worker in Myanmar. The sight of bodies being pulled from rubble will stay with me forever
Haider Yaqub

I'm an aid worker in Myanmar. The sight of bodies being pulled from rubble will stay with me forever

Adolescence forced the country to sit up and take notice. But what's next?
Erin Doherty and Owen Cooper in Adolescence
Matteo Bergamini

Adolescence forced the country to sit up and take notice. But what's next?

Why working as a butcher's boy made me feel like an earlier version of AI
John Bird

Why working as a butcher's boy made me feel like an earlier version of AI

Starmer's deportation of thousands of migrants isn't leadership – it's surrender to hate
Prime minister Keir Starmer on the phone
Munya Radzi

Starmer's deportation of thousands of migrants isn't leadership – it's surrender to hate

I'm a clinical psychologist. I know just how badly racism is damaging children's mental health
anti-racist
Sanah Ahsan

I'm a clinical psychologist. I know just how badly racism is damaging children's mental health

How Myanmar's devastating earthquake turned the spotlight on a man-made disaster
Steven Mackenzie

How Myanmar's devastating earthquake turned the spotlight on a man-made disaster

I'm a survivor of modern slavery – this is the shocking way I was treated by the UK government
Rosemarie/ the Voice of Domestic Workers
Rosemarie

I'm a survivor of modern slavery – this is the shocking way I was treated by the UK government

The middle class sucked the fun out of owning a dog and football. What's next?
Sam Delaney

The middle class sucked the fun out of owning a dog and football. What's next?

I was homeless and an addict as a teen. I hope my life can help people have a little more empathy
Lorna Tucker

I was homeless and an addict as a teen. I hope my life can help people have a little more empathy

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
This theatre company uses Jellycat toys to break barriers for children across the UK
The Noisy Dinosaur production from Toucan Theatre. Image of two cast members with jellycats
James Baldwin

This theatre company uses Jellycat toys to break barriers for children across the UK

More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here's how to get them back in class
Martin Hodge

More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here's how to get them back in class

Just Stop Oil may be reviled – but their tactics reshaped the climate movement
Just Stop Oil
Sam Nadel

Just Stop Oil may be reviled – but their tactics reshaped the climate movement

Social opportunity should take the place of social security 
John Bird

Social opportunity should take the place of social security 

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