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Has the two-child benefit cap put 'fairness' before children's best interests?
Louise Bazalgette and Simran Motiani

Has the two-child benefit cap put 'fairness' before children's best interests?

Activist to take DWP to court over disability benefit reforms: 'Disabled voices should be heard'
dwp protest
Exclusive

Activist to take DWP to court over disability benefit reforms: 'Disabled voices should be heard'

The comeback kids: The 5 'lost' wildlife species returning from extinction to the UK
Wildlife

The comeback kids: The 5 'lost' wildlife species returning from extinction to the UK

When it comes to poverty prevention it's minds we must change – before anything else
John Bird

When it comes to poverty prevention it's minds we must change – before anything else

Letters: DWP wants to make it as hard as possible to look after my disabled relatives
Letters

Letters: DWP wants to make it as hard as possible to look after my disabled relatives

Olly Murs relives finding X Factor fame and losing Caroline Flack in Big Issue exclusive
Olly Murs and Caroline Flack in 2015
Press Release

Olly Murs relives finding X Factor fame and losing Caroline Flack in Big Issue exclusive

The UK's green transition will happen – with or without Sunak's government
Environment

The UK's green transition will happen – with or without Sunak's government

Alex Sobel MP: 'We need a serious, long-term and science-led plan to tackle climate emergency'
Alex Sobel MP
Earth Day

Alex Sobel MP: 'We need a serious, long-term and science-led plan to tackle climate emergency'

'We're not doomed yet!': All the dark clouds and silver linings on the climate crisis, explained
Environment

'We're not doomed yet!': All the dark clouds and silver linings on the climate crisis, explained

No one wants to host 2026 Commonwealth Games. What if Glasgow had another go? 
Paul McNamee

No one wants to host 2026 Commonwealth Games. What if Glasgow had another go? 

Inside the Big Issue: Earth Day 2024
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Earth Day 2024

Olly Murs on mental health and losing Caroline Flack: 'She visits me in my dreams – it's lovely'
Olly Murs and Caroline Flack in 2015
Mental health

Olly Murs on mental health and losing Caroline Flack: 'She visits me in my dreams – it's lovely'

Labi Siffre: 'I've had far more difficulties in my life due to being a homosexual than being Black'
Labi Siffre
Letter To My Younger Self

Labi Siffre: 'I've had far more difficulties in my life due to being a homosexual than being Black'

Prospect Cottage: See inside artist Derek Jarman's seaside home for the first time
Photography

Prospect Cottage: See inside artist Derek Jarman's seaside home for the first time

TV portrayals of social workers are harming the profession. We need to change the script
Colum Conway

TV portrayals of social workers are harming the profession. We need to change the script

Weighted Down: The Complicated Life of Skip Spence review – sensitive portrait of a free spirit
Books

Weighted Down: The Complicated Life of Skip Spence review – sensitive portrait of a free spirit

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Top 5 books about the Troubles, chosen by bestselling author Henry Hemming 
Books

Top 5 books about the Troubles, chosen by bestselling author Henry Hemming 

Mena Massoud on life after Aladdin, confidence and the problem with roles for actors of colour
Mena Massoud
Film

Mena Massoud on life after Aladdin, confidence and the problem with roles for actors of colour

Cocktails with George and Martha by Philip Gefter review – art imitating life in a war of egos  
Books

Cocktails with George and Martha by Philip Gefter review – art imitating life in a war of egos  

Back to Black actor Eddie Marsan: 'There aren't any no-go areas in Tower Hamlets'
London

Back to Black actor Eddie Marsan: 'There aren't any no-go areas in Tower Hamlets'