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What to expect from Liz Kendall as Keir Starmer's controversial shadow work and pensions secretary
Liz Kendall
Cabinet reshuffle

What to expect from Liz Kendall as Keir Starmer's controversial shadow work and pensions secretary

Pharoah Sanders - discovering an elusive jazz gem
Pharoah Sanders in a white hat and shirt
Jazz

Pharoah Sanders - discovering an elusive jazz gem

Student loans: This generation is getting a raw deal
Illustration of a student struggling while carrying a heavy coin
Education

Student loans: This generation is getting a raw deal

Are qualifications from British schools fit for purpose?
Illustration depicting qualifications and certificates
Education

Are qualifications from British schools fit for purpose?

What will AI mean for education?
Illustration of a robot teacher
Education

What will AI mean for education?

How Tolkien offers consolation in our dark times
Illustration of hobbits in Middle-earth
Analysis

How Tolkien offers consolation in our dark times

Could increasing taxes on airlines pay for the UK’s green transition? 
Climate crisis

Could increasing taxes on airlines pay for the UK’s green transition? 

No more good cop, bad cop: Revisiting Serpico and Training Day in the wake of global calls to abolish the police
Corrupt cops: Serpico lead actor Al Pacino and Training Day star Denzel Washington
Review

No more good cop, bad cop: Revisiting Serpico and Training Day in the wake of global calls to abolish the police

Seven things Labour needs to do to make levelling up actually work
Keir Starmer Labour Levelling Up
Levelling Up

Seven things Labour needs to do to make levelling up actually work

Rishi Sunak is betting on carbon capture. Can it actually solve the climate crisis?
carbon capture
Environment

Rishi Sunak is betting on carbon capture. Can it actually solve the climate crisis?

All the evidence against the UK’s plans to expand oil and gas drilling
Fossil fuels

All the evidence against the UK’s plans to expand oil and gas drilling

Labour says ‘there’s no money left’. We asked experts if that’s true
The economy

Labour says ‘there’s no money left’. We asked experts if that’s true

Homelessness in England has reached record levels – here’s why, and how to fix it
Homelessness

Homelessness in England has reached record levels – here’s why, and how to fix it

I spent 10 years working as a prison officer. The impact of staff cuts and reduced funding has been devastating
Alex South portrait, brown hair black top
Alex South

I spent 10 years working as a prison officer. The impact of staff cuts and reduced funding has been devastating

How European street paper vendors are coping in the heatwave
A street paper vendor in Belgrade makes a sale
climate crisis

How European street paper vendors are coping in the heatwave

The UK is still not prepared for extreme temperatures – here’s what it should do
Climate crisis

The UK is still not prepared for extreme temperatures – here’s what it should do

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Britpop’s returning heroes remain a different class 
Britpop

Britpop’s returning heroes remain a different class 

Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better
Glyndebourne Festival
opera

Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better

Why is Keir Starmer being called Sir Kid Starver?
Labour

Why is Keir Starmer being called Sir Kid Starver?

Schools, hospitals and trains: Is the end of the strikes in sight?
Strikes

Schools, hospitals and trains: Is the end of the strikes in sight?