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Darren McGarvey: ‘If I were prime minister I’d be pranking Tommy Robinson on the phone’
Darren McGarvey
PM for the PM

Darren McGarvey: ‘If I were prime minister I’d be pranking Tommy Robinson on the phone’

We put the Glaswegian author, activist, rapper and social commentator in the Downing Street hot seat for an afternoon
Why do prime ministers now last as long as Premier League managers? 
Andy Burnham and his prime minister predecessors on a mock football pitch
Politics

Why do prime ministers now last as long as Premier League managers? 

Count Binface: ‘Humans can decide if Farage is more establishment than a lone wolf space warrior’
Count Binface outside UK parliament
Politics

Count Binface: ‘Humans can decide if Farage is more establishment than a lone wolf space warrior’

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How social media is changing politics: ‘I slid into his DMs and told him not to balls this up’
Politics

How social media is changing politics: ‘I slid into his DMs and told him not to balls this up’

Andy Burnham: ‘It’s so hard when people just walk past’
Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham: ‘It’s so hard when people just walk past’

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

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Why Downing Street needs a new name if it is going to properly repair the fabric of society
Number 10 Downing Street
John bird

Why Downing Street needs a new name if it is going to properly repair the fabric of society

As Britain’s health gaps widen, can Burnham replicate his Greater Manchester success around the UK?
New prime minister Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street
Mark Heffernan

As Britain’s health gaps widen, can Burnham replicate his Greater Manchester success around the UK?

Burnham is singing from Big Issue’s hymn sheet on rough sleeping. It gives us reason for hope
new prime minister Andy Burnham in front of Downing Street crowds
John Bird

Burnham is singing from Big Issue’s hymn sheet on rough sleeping. It gives us reason for hope

What has new prime minister Andy Burnham said about mental health?
Andy Burnham arriving at 10 Downing Street. Image: Kirsty O'Connor/ No 10 Downing Street
Alexa Knight

What has new prime minister Andy Burnham said about mental health?

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Why do prime ministers now last as long as Premier League managers? 
Andy Burnham and his prime minister predecessors on a mock football pitch
Politics

Why do prime ministers now last as long as Premier League managers? 

How social media is changing politics: ‘I slid into his DMs and told him not to balls this up’
Andy Burnham, Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer
Politics

How social media is changing politics: ‘I slid into his DMs and told him not to balls this up’

Could Andy Burnham introduce a universal basic income?
A person wearing a hi-vis jacket reading 'Basic Income March'
Politics

Could Andy Burnham introduce a universal basic income?

Here’s what Andy Burnham can do right away to address homelessness and NEETs crisis
Andy Burnham
Politics

Here’s what Andy Burnham can do right away to address homelessness and NEETs crisis

Future generations

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A decade of Wales’ future generations commissioner: ‘Looking ahead is how we look after each other’
Future generations commissioner for Wales Derek Walker talking with Ysgol y Ferch O'r Sger children at Ogmore Castle
Derek Walker

A decade of Wales’ future generations commissioner: ‘Looking ahead is how we look after each other’

Wales’ future generations commissioner warns we’re not doing enough for people yet to be born
Wales future generations commissioner Derek Walker
Future Generations

Wales’ future generations commissioner warns we’re not doing enough for people yet to be born

Children need more Welsh veg on their plates, Future Generations Commissioner insists
a boy in school uniform eating a carrot
Food

Children need more Welsh veg on their plates, Future Generations Commissioner insists

Politicians are failing our children and our children’s children. We must protect future generations
keir starmer visits a school
Sophie Howe

Politicians are failing our children and our children’s children. We must protect future generations

Brexit

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‘The EU stands for corruption, nepotism, illegality and waste. Why would we reverse Brexit?’
A Union Jack and a European Union flag to illustrate Brexit
Letters

‘The EU stands for corruption, nepotism, illegality and waste. Why would we reverse Brexit?’

‘It feels like, as a country, we’ve shot ourselves in the foot with Brexit’
Maxïmo Park's Paul Smith
Brexit

‘It feels like, as a country, we’ve shot ourselves in the foot with Brexit’

Ten years after the Brexit vote, the divisions in UK society are deeper than ever 
Steven MacKenzie

Ten years after the Brexit vote, the divisions in UK society are deeper than ever 

Boston is the most pro-Brexit town in the UK. What has leaving the EU changed? ‘They got nothing’
A street in Boston in Lincolnshire
Brexit

Boston is the most pro-Brexit town in the UK. What has leaving the EU changed? ‘They got nothing’

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Right-wing parties keep promising to ban foreigners from social housing. Here’s why it won’t work
A housing estate in England
Housing crisis

Right-wing parties keep promising to ban foreigners from social housing. Here’s why it won’t work

Is there really an air conditioning ban in Britain?
Debunked

Is there really an air conditioning ban in Britain?

Should MPs be moved out of parliament while it is restored?
Politics

Should MPs be moved out of parliament while it is restored?

Should stamp duty be scrapped?
Kemi Badenoch
Stamp duty

Should stamp duty be scrapped?

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Renters pay their landlords’ buy-to-let mortgages, so they should get a share of the profits
Renters: A mortgage lender's window advertising buy-to-let products
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Renters pay their landlords’ buy-to-let mortgages, so they should get a share of the profits

Exclusive: Disabled people are ‘set up to fail’ by the DWP in target-driven disability benefits system, whistleblowers reveal
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Exclusive: Disabled people are ‘set up to fail’ by the DWP in target-driven disability benefits system, whistleblowers reveal

Cost of living payments: Where to get help in 2025 now the scheme is over
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Cost of living payments: Where to get help in 2025 now the scheme is over

Citroën Ami: the tiny electric vehicle driving change with The Big Issue
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Citroën Ami: the tiny electric vehicle driving change with The Big Issue

When will mortgage rates go down?
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When will mortgage rates go down?

Specsavers partners with Big Issue to provide free eye care for vendors
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Specsavers partners with Big Issue to provide free eye care for vendors

Andrew Ridgeley ‘was never envious’ of Wham! friend George Michael’s success
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Andrew Ridgeley ‘was never envious’ of Wham! friend George Michael’s success