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Decades of initiatives didn't solve poverty. What can we do now?
poverty

Decades of initiatives didn't solve poverty. What can we do now?

Homelessness is holding back prison leavers when they get a second chance
prison leavers
prisons

Homelessness is holding back prison leavers when they get a second chance

Poverty is being normalised. We can’t keep depending on good people to fix it. The government must act
Paul McNamee

Poverty is being normalised. We can’t keep depending on good people to fix it. The government must act

The steps we can all take towards a deeper understanding
Paul McNamee

The steps we can all take towards a deeper understanding

OCD almost took my life. I need help. Not awareness.
A woman stands in a field of grass, silhouetted by the sun
Mental health

OCD almost took my life. I need help. Not awareness.

Forget the Blue Wall and Red Wall, the local elections showed there's no barrier to voting Green
Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay
Adrian Ramsay

Forget the Blue Wall and Red Wall, the local elections showed there's no barrier to voting Green

Jodie Comer's play Prima Facie has an uncomfortable twist in the tale
Jodie Comer in Prima Facie
John Bird

Jodie Comer's play Prima Facie has an uncomfortable twist in the tale

Weighing up BMI bemusement when you're heavy but healthy
Man standing on scales
Sam Delaney

Weighing up BMI bemusement when you're heavy but healthy

A Muse concert will help Médecins Sans Frontières deliver medical supplies to people in conflict zones
Vickie Hawkins

A Muse concert will help Médecins Sans Frontières deliver medical supplies to people in conflict zones

How a Muse concert will help War Child support those impacted by the war in Ukraine
Dean Anderson

How a Muse concert will help War Child support those impacted by the war in Ukraine

Why you really need to keep an eye on the Northern Ireland election
Stormont
Feargal Cochrane

Why you really need to keep an eye on the Northern Ireland election

The left’s blind spot: London and regional inequality
Sam Bright

The left’s blind spot: London and regional inequality

Labour are still looking for Blair's heir 25 years on
Tony and Cherie Blair
Mark Devenport

Labour are still looking for Blair's heir 25 years on

Don't delay the passport to prosperity
Passports
Paul McNamee

Don't delay the passport to prosperity

The Policing Bill threatens our democracy – this is time for anger, not despair
Martha Spurrier

The Policing Bill threatens our democracy – this is time for anger, not despair

The government already has the perfect replacement for the Vagrancy Act – nothing at all
Vagrancy Act
Homelessness

The government already has the perfect replacement for the Vagrancy Act – nothing at all

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Harass and humiliate: Angela Rayner is the public face of a common workplace experience
Evie Breese

Harass and humiliate: Angela Rayner is the public face of a common workplace experience

Liam Gallagher’s hips and the politicians who won’t be here now
Liam Gallagher
Paul McNamee

Liam Gallagher’s hips and the politicians who won’t be here now

Corporate lobbying is rife during this energy crisis. Business leaders need to do more
Beth Thoren

Corporate lobbying is rife during this energy crisis. Business leaders need to do more

Columbo and killer crabs
Red wine and book
Robin Ince

Columbo and killer crabs