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How Britain’s high street decline is fuelling Reform UK’s rise: ‘There’s a sense that politics has failed’
How Britain’s high street decline is fuelling Reform UK’s rise: ‘There’s a sense that politics has failed’
‘There is a sense that politics has failed us, and you’re reminded of that every time you see a boarded-up shop’
I spent a year undercover as a far-right activist. Here’s seven things I learned
I spent a year undercover as a far-right activist. Here’s seven things I learned
When the world seems polarised, volunteering has a way of unifying people and rebuilding hope
When the world seems polarised, volunteering has a way of unifying people and rebuilding hope
Top Stories
Is it too late to prevent anarchy in the ‘Yookay’?
Is it too late to prevent anarchy in the ‘Yookay’?
A legacy of tragedy: What has changed one year on from the Southport killings?
A legacy of tragedy: What has changed one year on from the Southport killings?
Letters: Labour are all things to all people in the worst kind of way
Letters: Labour are all things to all people in the worst kind of way
Here’s why it could be time to embrace the four-day week
Here’s why it could be time to embrace the four-day week
From legendary rock to the raves of tomorrow: This is the ultimate guide to 2025’s best music festivals
From legendary rock to the raves of tomorrow: This is the ultimate guide to 2025’s best music festivals
Advice
24 discounted days out for families on universal credit and other benefits this summer holiday
24 discounted days out for families on universal credit and other benefits this summer holiday
33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holidays
33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holidays
How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
DWP payment dates in June 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
DWP payment dates in June 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
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Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor after tragic death: ‘He would always help everybody’
Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor after tragic death: ‘He would always help everybody’
Letters: Why are people ready to hand our NHS to Farage and his millionaires?
Letters: Why are people ready to hand our NHS to Farage and his millionaires?
PIP lifeline helps Bristol Big Issue vendor reach cancer treatment
PIP lifeline helps Bristol Big Issue vendor reach cancer treatment
A View, From a Bridge is the social media sensation where strangers reveal all on an old, red phone
A View, From a Bridge is the social media sensation where strangers reveal all on an old, red phone
Opinion
Here’s why it could be time to embrace the four-day week
Here’s why it could be time to embrace the four-day week
Poverty doesn’t take a break in the summer holidays – and baby banks don’t either
Poverty doesn’t take a break in the summer holidays – and baby banks don’t either
Could 16 and 17-year-olds really decide the next election?
Could 16 and 17-year-olds really decide the next election?
Why criminalising protest won’t stop people from rising up for causes that matter
Why criminalising protest won’t stop people from rising up for causes that matter
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Culture
Stone & Sky by Ben Aaronovitch review – weird happenings in the Granite City
Stone & Sky by Ben Aaronovitch review – weird happenings in the Granite City
The 10th book in the hugely popular Rivers of London takes some of the characters to Aberdeen
The Good Father by Liam McIlvanney review – an emotionally gripping psychological thriller
The Good Father by Liam McIlvanney review – an emotionally gripping psychological thriller
Letter To My Younger Self
Mark Gatiss: ‘All my childhood dreams came true. There’s nothing left except James Bond’
Mark Gatiss: ‘All my childhood dreams came true. There’s nothing left except James Bond’
Eric Idle: ‘George Harrison mortgaged his house so Monty Python could make Life of Brian’
Eric Idle: ‘George Harrison mortgaged his house so Monty Python could make Life of Brian’
Formula One legend Damon Hill: ‘I’d love to be able to have one more chat with my dad’
Formula One legend Damon Hill: ‘I’d love to be able to have one more chat with my dad’
Cricket legend James Anderson: ‘It doesn’t get better than winning the Ashes in Australia’
Cricket legend James Anderson: ‘It doesn’t get better than winning the Ashes in Australia’
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‘Explain to me why I’m homeless’: Rough sleeper’s rage tells us a lot about what’s keeping people homeless
‘Explain to me why I’m homeless’: Rough sleeper’s rage tells us a lot about what’s keeping people homeless
‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’
‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’
Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: ‘I can’t make it make sense’
Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: ‘I can’t make it make sense’
‘It’s devastating’: UK’s biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests
‘It’s devastating’: UK’s biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests
Life
Why a Citroën Holidays campervan is the perfect family day trip companion
Why a Citroën Holidays campervan is the perfect family day trip companion
Letters: Labour are all things to all people in the worst kind of way
Letters: Labour are all things to all people in the worst kind of way
DWP payment dates in August 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month
DWP payment dates in August 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month
Inside The Big Issue
How I secured funding to grow my social enterprise
How I secured funding to grow my social enterprise
Inside the Big Issue: Superheroes vs the culture wars
Inside the Big Issue: Superheroes vs the culture wars
PIP lifeline helps Bristol Big Issue vendor reach cancer treatment
