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Football has a racism problem. But England wouldn't be in the Euro final without women of colour
Football

Football has a racism problem. But England wouldn't be in the Euro final without women of colour

England are in the Euros finals thanks to Michelle Agyemang's stunning equaliser. She's been rightly praised – but the game still has a racism problem
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

How Wales is showing the way for England on homelessness with one simple change
A Welsh dragon
Andrew Connell and Jez Bushnell

How Wales is showing the way for England on homelessness with one simple change

Homelessness hit new record highs in England in 2024: 'The system is at breaking point'
Homelessness

Homelessness hit new record highs in England in 2024: 'The system is at breaking point'

From an elected president to palaces: Here's what would actually happen if Britain became a republic
Royal family

From an elected president to palaces: Here's what would actually happen if Britain became a republic

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Use council tax hike on second homes to build thousands of new community-led houses, experts say
Houses in Pembrokeshire
Community housing

Use council tax hike on second homes to build thousands of new community-led houses, experts say

Revealed: How 'sinister' lack of access to surgical abortions puts lives at risk
Cost of childcare/ Image of abortion protest
Abortion

Revealed: How 'sinister' lack of access to surgical abortions puts lives at risk

Cost of buying an average home in England now unaffordable for all but very rich people
Houses on a street in England
Housing crisis

Cost of buying an average home in England now unaffordable for all but very rich people

'A national disgrace': More than 350,000 people homeless in England this Christmas
A man in a tent
Homelessness

'A national disgrace': More than 350,000 people homeless in England this Christmas

Drug deaths at highest level since records began – and experts say it's going to get worse
Cocaine
Drugs

Drug deaths at highest level since records began – and experts say it's going to get worse

William Blake gave voice to the nation. The least we can do is save his cottage
Blake's Cottage
John Higgs

William Blake gave voice to the nation. The least we can do is save his cottage

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