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Opinion

Lord Frost is playing chicken with the EU over the NI Protocol. What happens next?
Patricia Devlin

Lord Frost is playing chicken with the EU over the NI Protocol. What happens next?

For the fight against climate change, we may already be at five past midnight
Pollution cuts across the early morning sun
Marc Lopatin and Ben Robinson

For the fight against climate change, we may already be at five past midnight

How MPs’ work ethic can really help deal with our labour shortage
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) estimates there is a shortage of more than 100,000 HGV drivers. Image: Peter O'Connor / Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Paul McNamee

How MPs’ work ethic can really help deal with our labour shortage

Net zero could be the next target for the dark money power plays of the Brexit lobby
Peter Geoghegan

Net zero could be the next target for the dark money power plays of the Brexit lobby

Our economy should benefit everyone. So where did it all go wrong?
Skyscrapers in the city of London on a clear blue day
JK Wright

Our economy should benefit everyone. So where did it all go wrong?

Our government’s safety nets for people facing homelessness are riddled with holes
John Bird

Our government’s safety nets for people facing homelessness are riddled with holes

We need to plan for a green future or we risk being exposed
Paul McNamee

We need to plan for a green future or we risk being exposed

All housing doesn’t mean good housing. We can't let people live in squalor
Kwajo Tweneboa, a young social housing campaigner.
Kwajo Tweneboa

All housing doesn’t mean good housing. We can't let people live in squalor

The COP26 climate summit must not be a cop-out
Paul McNamee

The COP26 climate summit must not be a cop-out

Girls Night In: Drink spiking is just the tip of the iceberg for the UK's misogyny problem
Two women hold wine glasses wearing glamourous dresses
Joscelin Story

Girls Night In: Drink spiking is just the tip of the iceberg for the UK's misogyny problem

It's easy to set climate targets for a distant 2050 - but even tomorrow is too late
Grace Maddrell

It's easy to set climate targets for a distant 2050 - but even tomorrow is too late

We need to address the ingredients that make-up homelessness
John Bird

We need to address the ingredients that make-up homelessness

The French Dispatch evokes the golden age of magazines - we're ushering in a new era
Bill Murray in the film The French Dispatch. Image: Searchlight Pictures
Paul McNamee

The French Dispatch evokes the golden age of magazines - we're ushering in a new era

Why the world needs to embrace our Stop Mass Homelessness campaign
The Big Issue has launched a Stop Mass Homelessness campaign.
John Bird

Why the world needs to embrace our Stop Mass Homelessness campaign

Building back better? Not for the working class
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a press conference in No 9 Downing Street with Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance and Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty on the ease of Covid-19 restrictions on July 19th 2021.
Paddy Bettington

Building back better? Not for the working class

The universal credit uplift and a rent arrears fund - that's what levelling up really looks like
Boris Johnson stands at a podium with government warnings, with his head bowed
Paul McNamee

The universal credit uplift and a rent arrears fund - that's what levelling up really looks like

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Emotional wellbeing is at the heart of ending homelessness
A woman and child stare into the sunset
Dr Rachel Blundell

Emotional wellbeing is at the heart of ending homelessness

Michael Gove must create a national Housing First programme
Alex Smith

Michael Gove must create a national Housing First programme

World Homeless Day: Hungary made homelessness illegal, so activists are stepping up
From Streets to Homes Association

World Homeless Day: Hungary made homelessness illegal, so activists are stepping up

A third of care leavers lose their first home every year. We're working to change that
The Money House
Declan Wilkes

A third of care leavers lose their first home every year. We're working to change that

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