The UK riots one year on

Last July, Britain was gripped by a wave of violent unrest, sparked by a terror attack and fuelled by a sense of political failure.

Towns from the south coast to the north-west saw angry crowds, arrests, and smashed shopfronts. The violence sent shockwaves across the country; just weeks into office, the new prime minister Keir Starmer slammed its perpetrators as “right-wing thugs”.

One year on, as some protests have ignited once more and with mutterings of another summer of discontent, have those deep roots of resentment been dealt with or sprouted anew? Big Issue went to find the places where hope still thrives.

Also inside

• Alex Jones secretly always wanted to be in front of the camera but would never have dared believe she’d be on primetime BBC, she says in a Letter To My Younger Self
• A first-of-its-kind trial saw people experiencing homelessness given cash. We find out what they spent it on and how it could reshape the future of homelessness support
• Meet the man who bought Brixton Academy for £1 and changed the British music scene
• And we take a trip to meet street paper vendors in Sweden and Brazil

Plus much more!

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