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Travis frontman Fran Healy on unfinished business and why being working class is a superpower
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Travis frontman Fran Healy on unfinished business and why being working class is a superpower
Activist Kwajo Tweneboa: 'We're facing the biggest housing crisis since World War II'
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Activist Kwajo Tweneboa: 'We're facing the biggest housing crisis since World War II'
Homeless people need more than sandwiches – they need and deserve to be seen as individuals
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Homeless people need more than sandwiches – they need and deserve to be seen as individuals
DWP's 'automation' of universal credit discriminates against single mums, researchers say
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DWP's 'automation' of universal credit discriminates against single mums, researchers say
Inside the years-long pay row in Scotland risking the futures of working-class students
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Inside the years-long pay row in Scotland risking the futures of working-class students
With the new government comes a new opportunity to rethink welfare and benefits
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With the new government comes a new opportunity to rethink welfare and benefits
Spent star Michelle de Swarte: 'Someone had to tell me I was homeless – I was in such denial'
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Spent star Michelle de Swarte: 'Someone had to tell me I was homeless – I was in such denial'
Big Issue and Cardboard Citizens present new film series showing homelessness is more than one story
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Big Issue and Cardboard Citizens present new film series showing homelessness is more than one story
Rachel Reeves brings back mandatory housing targets – but Labour has a huge mountain to climb
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Rachel Reeves brings back mandatory housing targets – but Labour has a huge mountain to climb
Letters: The politicians who deserve power are the ones speaking on real issues
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Letters: The politicians who deserve power are the ones speaking on real issues
Inside the Big Issue: Kwajo Tweneboa's home truths for new government
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Inside the Big Issue: Kwajo Tweneboa's home truths for new government
Rowan Williams: 'The challenge is whether religion is part of the solution or part of the problem'
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Rowan Williams: 'The challenge is whether religion is part of the solution or part of the problem'
7 ways to make the most of your summer now the 'greyest election of our lifetime' is over
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7 ways to make the most of your summer now the 'greyest election of our lifetime' is over
Euro 2024: Roy Keane on screen is more watchable than the football
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Euro 2024: Roy Keane on screen is more watchable than the football
I watched all the documentaries about Lidl so you don't have to
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I watched all the documentaries about Lidl so you don't have to
Top 5 books about unconventional cowboys, chosen by musician and author Bruce Omar Yates
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Top 5 books about unconventional cowboys, chosen by musician and author Bruce Omar Yates
We can all agree politics isn't much of a laugh. Here's how to rediscover fun after the election
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We can all agree politics isn't much of a laugh. Here's how to rediscover fun after the election
Euro 2024 shows why Germany is much more than beer, bratwurst and lederhosen
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Euro 2024 shows why Germany is much more than beer, bratwurst and lederhosen
Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation is an eerie prediction of our surveillance age
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Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation is an eerie prediction of our surveillance age
'The Jazz Bar is too important to fail' says the couple who saved an Edinburgh institution
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