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Boris Johnson and David Cameron are not sticking knives into human beings. So what stops them?
John Bird

Boris Johnson and David Cameron are not sticking knives into human beings. So what stops them?

'Where's the compassion?': Council refuses to give 11-year-old boy his father's ashes after funeral
Funeral poverty

'Where's the compassion?': Council refuses to give 11-year-old boy his father's ashes after funeral

Letters: Starmer went after the Daily Mail vote – and looks intent on keeping it
Letters

Letters: Starmer went after the Daily Mail vote – and looks intent on keeping it

The budget was a start from Labour – but we need much more to transform disabled people's lives
rachel reeves preparing for autumn budget
Chloe Schendel-Wilson

The budget was a start from Labour – but we need much more to transform disabled people's lives

Labour's autumn budget was another failure to make real change for disabled people
rachel reeves
Mikey Erhardt

Labour's autumn budget was another failure to make real change for disabled people

Nitazenes are claiming homeless lives. Here's how one group is fighting the deadly threat
a syringe and pills of drugs
Anthony Vaughan

Nitazenes are claiming homeless lives. Here's how one group is fighting the deadly threat

'Back to cost of living crisis': Households will be £770 worse off by next UK election, experts say
woman in supermarket
Cost of living crisis

'Back to cost of living crisis': Households will be £770 worse off by next UK election, experts say

Buffer zones outside abortion clinics are step in right direction – but other problems persist
Abortion

Buffer zones outside abortion clinics are step in right direction – but other problems persist

A penny off pints and higher wages: What Rachel Reeves' budget means for you and your bank account
Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of the autumn budget 2024
Autumn budget

A penny off pints and higher wages: What Rachel Reeves' budget means for you and your bank account

'Gen Z are turning to culture instead of alcohol': Is the party holiday officially over?  
Sustainable travel

'Gen Z are turning to culture instead of alcohol': Is the party holiday officially over?  

'This will be costly': Fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support over pension credit backlog
pensioners sat together
Winter fuel payment

'This will be costly': Fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support over pension credit backlog

Special needs children forced out of school by 'crumbling' system, figures show
a boy in school uniform reading a book in a school library // special educational needs
Education

Special needs children forced out of school by 'crumbling' system, figures show

Pushing mentally ill people from their hospital beds and into offices will only make things worse
Dr Claire Ashley

Pushing mentally ill people from their hospital beds and into offices will only make things worse

Nitazenes: Harm reduction advice to help keep safe
A syringe of naloxone
Drugs

Nitazenes: Harm reduction advice to help keep safe

Meet the only scientist who knows just how bad the UK's drug deaths crisis truly is
a red hand holds a pill on a yellow background
Drugs

Meet the only scientist who knows just how bad the UK's drug deaths crisis truly is

Poverty has become everyday. It's time to give our children some hope
Paul McNamee

Poverty has become everyday. It's time to give our children some hope

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Letters: Sending job coaches to mental health wards isn't just ludicrous – it's desperate
Mental health
Letters

Letters: Sending job coaches to mental health wards isn't just ludicrous – it's desperate

Health inequality starts in childhood. When will the national debate reflect that?
A small child's hand holds an adult's finger
Rachael McKeown

Health inequality starts in childhood. When will the national debate reflect that?

Universal credit top up of just £25 per week would 'benefit whole of society', study finds
dwp universal credit/ parent balancing baby and work
Universal credit

Universal credit top up of just £25 per week would 'benefit whole of society', study finds

Children in poverty are missing out on memories in the school holidays. We want to change that
family at kenilworth castle, holding a pumpkin
Emma Revie and Nick Merriman

Children in poverty are missing out on memories in the school holidays. We want to change that

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