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We need to start treating gambling harm as a public health issue – here’s why
Dr Beccy Cooper

We need to start treating gambling harm as a public health issue – here’s why

It’s time to stop seeing gambling as a problem of individual responsibility and start recognising it as a public health problem, writes Dr Beccy Cooper MP
As an autistic teen I depended on the benefits system – we’re all at risk if harmful reforms go ahead
Diane Johnson

As an autistic teen I depended on the benefits system – we’re all at risk if harmful reforms go ahead

Benefits for unpaid carers and those they care for are intrinsically linked – Labour is failing both
Emily Holzhausen

Benefits for unpaid carers and those they care for are intrinsically linked – Labour is failing both

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The excuses don’t wash. All police officers must be allowed to carry naloxone
Meg Jones

The excuses don’t wash. All police officers must be allowed to carry naloxone

What Starmer could learn from watching The Bear
Paul McNamee

What Starmer could learn from watching The Bear

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

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What Starmer could learn from watching The Bear
Paul McNamee

What Starmer could learn from watching The Bear

Does Keir Starmer even read his own bad reviews?
Labour should take a leaf out of Zohran Mamdani’s book and give young people something to vote for
Banseka Kayembe

Labour should take a leaf out of Zohran Mamdani’s book and give young people something to vote for

Why we need more migrants in political office
Yvette Cooper
Lara Parizotto

Why we need more migrants in political office

Homelessness

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Benefit cuts are not a ‘pathway to work’ – they risk making people homeless
a blue tent pitched in a car park with a shopping trolley and plastic bags leaning against it
Emma Haddad

Benefit cuts are not a ‘pathway to work’ – they risk making people homeless

If we want to prevent modern slavery, we must start with preventing homelessness
Mick Clarke and Eleanor Lyons

If we want to prevent modern slavery, we must start with preventing homelessness

Are we witnessing a turning point in how we tackle homelessness?
a homeless person on the street
Matt Downie

Are we witnessing a turning point in how we tackle homelessness?

Scrapping the Vagrancy Act won’t end the criminalisation of rough sleeping
a person rough sleeping on a wall
Benjamin Archer

Scrapping the Vagrancy Act won’t end the criminalisation of rough sleeping

Poverty

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Oasis songs speak to people in a way other artists only dream of
Paul McNamee

Oasis songs speak to people in a way other artists only dream of

Oasis have an uncanny ability to articulate the deep heart’s desire
I worked with young offenders for years – positive role models could have changed everything for them
Co-founder of Butterfly Books Jason Bryan
Jason Bryan

I worked with young offenders for years – positive role models could have changed everything for them

Poverty always gets our prime ministers in the end
John Bird

Poverty always gets our prime ministers in the end

Sam Delaney

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Keir Starmer might not have ‘rizz’ – but maybe we should give him a chance
Sam Delaney

Keir Starmer might not have ‘rizz’ – but maybe we should give him a chance

Do men struggle with friendships because we’re too competitive?
Sam Delaney

Do men struggle with friendships because we’re too competitive?

AI therapy surprised me. But I won’t be ditching my human therapist just yet
Sam Delaney

AI therapy surprised me. But I won’t be ditching my human therapist just yet

The middle class sucked the fun out of owning a dog and football. What’s next?
Sam Delaney

The middle class sucked the fun out of owning a dog and football. What’s next?

John Bird

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England and Wales must follow Scotland’s lead and set legal targets to end child poverty
Big Issue vendors back the Poverty Zero campaign.
Poverty

England and Wales must follow Scotland’s lead and set legal targets to end child poverty

Labour rejects Big Issue founder’s bid to set legally binding child poverty reduction targets
Crossbench peer and Big Issue founder Lord John Bird
Child poverty

Labour rejects Big Issue founder’s bid to set legally binding child poverty reduction targets

Arise Sir Gordon! Big Issue co-founder Gordon Roddick knighted in King’s birthday honours
King’s birthday honours

Arise Sir Gordon! Big Issue co-founder Gordon Roddick knighted in King’s birthday honours

Poverty always gets our prime ministers in the end
John Bird

Poverty always gets our prime ministers in the end

Paul McNamee

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What Starmer could learn from watching The Bear
Paul McNamee

What Starmer could learn from watching The Bear

Elon Musk says AI will take all our jobs – but the truth is more complex
Paul McNamee

Elon Musk says AI will take all our jobs – but the truth is more complex

An investment in public transport is the right direction of travel
Paul McNamee

An investment in public transport is the right direction of travel

Big tech wants to mine human creativity for AI training. We say no
Paul McNamee

Big tech wants to mine human creativity for AI training. We say no

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