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This Budget does nothing to help women at the sharp end of the pandemic
The Women’s Budget Group says the Chancellor has let women down with his budget speech. Image credit: Priscilla Du Preez / Unsplash
Thaira Mhearban

This Budget does nothing to help women at the sharp end of the pandemic

Will the Budget's stamp duty holiday help buyers? Don't bet on it.
Jonn Elledge

Will the Budget's stamp duty holiday help buyers? Don't bet on it.

How do we stop children's literacy falling behind after Covid?
How do we make sure children's literacy doesn't slip during Covid? Image credit: Image credit: Victoria Borodinova / Pixabay
Jonathan Douglas

How do we stop children's literacy falling behind after Covid?

Budget 2021: 5 tests for the Chancellor to ease poverty after the pandemic
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Dave Innes

Budget 2021: 5 tests for the Chancellor to ease poverty after the pandemic

The pandemic is the new front line in the war on the working class
John Preston and Rhiannon Firth

The pandemic is the new front line in the war on the working class

There are big issues. And then there’s the planet
John Bird

There are big issues. And then there’s the planet

To all The Big Issue readers throughout the Covid crisis: Thanks a million
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Paul McNamee

To all The Big Issue readers throughout the Covid crisis: Thanks a million

Why we need more empty homes to end the housing crisis
A row of red brick terraced houses
Anthony Breach

Why we need more empty homes to end the housing crisis

After Brexit and Covid, services will be just as vital as manufacturing
Jobs with the Royal Mail are still prized, so why shouldn't others be in the UK service industry? Image credit: Maureen McLean/Shutterstock
David Henig

After Brexit and Covid, services will be just as vital as manufacturing

It seems our government has decided some children don't need care
Carolyne Willow

It seems our government has decided some children don't need care

Auntie's still got it. And maybe she could do even more
Alvar Lidell reading the BBC news in the 1950s
John Bird

Auntie's still got it. And maybe she could do even more

Under the government's new war on woke, who's going to be at risk?
Leeds University students protesting
Paul McNamee

Under the government's new war on woke, who's going to be at risk?

Read Labour leader Keir Starmer's speech 'A New Chapter for Britain'
Keir Starmer stands at the dispatch box in the House of Commons
Keir Starmer

Read Labour leader Keir Starmer's speech 'A New Chapter for Britain'

Grenfell cladding: Again the public pay for the government’s mistakes
Jonn Elledge

Grenfell cladding: Again the public pay for the government’s mistakes

'Institutional thoughtlessness': A catchy new name for the old boys club
Boris Johnson's Cabinet
Paul McNamee

'Institutional thoughtlessness': A catchy new name for the old boys club

After lockdown, the libraries of my life will be waiting
Cambridge Central Library
John Bird

After lockdown, the libraries of my life will be waiting

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
What can Charles Darwin teach us about Covid?
Darwin Day: Charles Darwin
Andrew Copson

What can Charles Darwin teach us about Covid?

Apprenticeship Week brings a message of hope
David Phillips

Apprenticeship Week brings a message of hope

The kids aren't alright. And they deserve better
Paul McNamee

The kids aren't alright. And they deserve better

Social Echo... an idea that's taking flight
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John Bird

Social Echo... an idea that's taking flight

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