Opinion

British Muslims are 'disenfranchised at every level’
British Muslims
Cost of living crisis

British Muslims are 'disenfranchised at every level’

‘We’re facing a policy-driven public health calamity’: Trussell Trust's devastating report
Trussell Trust food banks
Food banks

‘We’re facing a policy-driven public health calamity’: Trussell Trust's devastating report

Sam Delaney talks money: 'I'm on a crusade to help people discuss being skint'
Empty wallet
Money

Sam Delaney talks money: 'I'm on a crusade to help people discuss being skint'

Poverty is the great drain at the heart of the budget
Margaret Thatcher
John Bird

Poverty is the great drain at the heart of the budget

Why ideas of ending poverty are still stuck in the realm of fantasy
Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s 1567 painting The Land of Cockaigne
John Bird

Why ideas of ending poverty are still stuck in the realm of fantasy

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?

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

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

I was born into poverty – and 77 years later we still haven't solved it
Poverty in postwar London
John Bird

I was born into poverty – and 77 years later we still haven't solved it

Police have no place in our schools
schools/ police/ child q
Dr Shabna Begum

Police have no place in our schools

Ulysses helps us realise poverty has been with us a long time
Christ Feeding the Multitude [Matthew 14:19]
John Bird

Ulysses helps us realise poverty has been with us a long time

Gordon Brown: Universal Credit doesn't add up
Gordon Brown wears a red tie and suit and talks to a woman with one hand outstretched
Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown: Universal Credit doesn't add up

Regrets, we have a few. But this Christmas we must focus on present need, not past mistakes
Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
John Bird

Regrets, we have a few. But this Christmas we must focus on present need, not past mistakes

The government must measure the true cost of austerity
Protest against government
John Bird

The government must measure the true cost of austerity

Cézanne left me jaded, but I still dream of owning one of his works
Paul Cézanne
John Bird

Cézanne left me jaded, but I still dream of owning one of his works

As an era closes, what now for the future of Britain?
The Queen shakes hands with Liz Truss
John Bird

As an era closes, what now for the future of Britain?

More than 30 years on, my fight to prevent mass poverty continues
Lord John Bird
John Bird

More than 30 years on, my fight to prevent mass poverty continues

Gordon Brown: 'A poverty time-bomb is ticking across Britain'
Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown: 'A poverty time-bomb is ticking across Britain'

Coventry Cathedral is the symbol of healing we could all use right now
The Baptistry window at Coventry Cathedral
Paul McNamee

Coventry Cathedral is the symbol of healing we could all use right now