Immigration

Immigration reforms leave refugee women facing 30-year wait: 'I thought I was safe, I was wrong'
The silhouette of a woman against a blue sky
Immigration

Immigration reforms leave refugee women facing 30-year wait: 'I thought I was safe, I was wrong'

For refugee women who have survived years of violence, exploitation and displacement, the consequences of earned settlement reforms could be devastating
Andy Burnham won't end rough sleeping with Shabana Mahmood’s brutal immigration reforms
home secretary Shabana Mahmood
Bethan Lant

Andy Burnham won't end rough sleeping with Shabana Mahmood’s brutal immigration reforms

The Apprentice's Tim Campbell: 'I'd make degrees free. We should treat education as infrastructure'
Tim Campbell
PM For The PM

The Apprentice's Tim Campbell: 'I'd make degrees free. We should treat education as infrastructure'

How a British man was pulled into modern slavery working at a food court in the heart of London
Modern slavery

How a British man was pulled into modern slavery working at a food court in the heart of London

Women can't be left out in the cold if we are to end rough sleeping
Ella Tritton

Women can't be left out in the cold if we are to end rough sleeping

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Right-wing parties keep promising to ban foreigners from social housing. Here's why it won't work
A housing estate in England
Housing crisis

Right-wing parties keep promising to ban foreigners from social housing. Here's why it won't work

Migrants are twice as likely to work nights than Brits. The care system would collapse without them
A clock with a moon and clouds to illustrate night carers
Essay

Migrants are twice as likely to work nights than Brits. The care system would collapse without them

Why Britain needs an anti-racism strategy right now
a placard reading: 'everybody vs racism'
Stephen Walcott

Why Britain needs an anti-racism strategy right now

Asylum seekers face repaying £10,000 accommodation costs: 'Another example of performative cruelty'
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood
Immigration

Asylum seekers face repaying £10,000 accommodation costs: 'Another example of performative cruelty'

Keir Starmer has resigned. What is his legacy on the biggest issues in Britain?
Keir Starmer
Politics

Keir Starmer has resigned. What is his legacy on the biggest issues in Britain?

I had virtually nothing when I became a mum. I needed help from a baby bank to get the essentials
Cost of living

I had virtually nothing when I became a mum. I needed help from a baby bank to get the essentials

Do settled migrants really get 'immediate access' to social housing?
social housing

Do settled migrants really get 'immediate access' to social housing?

Is pretending to be gay an easy route to claim asylum?
Asylum seekers risked being left
asylum

Is pretending to be gay an easy route to claim asylum?

Reform UK wants to put migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas. Is it legal?
Reform UK

Reform UK wants to put migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas. Is it legal?

Labour’s hostile asylum policies are a dangerous waste of money
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood
Asylum

Labour’s hostile asylum policies are a dangerous waste of money

Overseas domestic workers are abused by employers. The UK visa system makes it worse
Eleanor Lyons is the independent anti-slavery commissioner.
Eleanor Lyons

Overseas domestic workers are abused by employers. The UK visa system makes it worse

Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed
a man with a Refugees Welcome sign in his backpack
Immigration

Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed

Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power
Documentary

Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power

Letters: Big Issue's Changemakers showed that in dark times it's important to have hope
Some of our 2026 Changemakers.
Letters

Letters: Big Issue's Changemakers showed that in dark times it's important to have hope

A new kind of politics is coming our way
John Bird

A new kind of politics is coming our way

Sir Jim Ratcliffe says immigrants are 'colonising' the UK. Here's the truth
Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Immigration

Sir Jim Ratcliffe says immigrants are 'colonising' the UK. Here's the truth

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The Qatar World Cup sparked calls for boycotts. Where's the uproar about the United States in 2026?
US president Donald Trump with FIFA president Gianni Infantino at the World Economic Forum in Davos
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

The Qatar World Cup sparked calls for boycotts. Where's the uproar about the United States in 2026?

Reform and the anti-immigration lobby need a history lesson 
John Bird

Reform and the anti-immigration lobby need a history lesson 

What happens to undocumented migrants not lucky enough to be like Paddington Bear?
Migration

What happens to undocumented migrants not lucky enough to be like Paddington Bear?

'A Muslim is someone who strives for peace': How this young imam is challenging Islamophobia on- and offline
Islamophobia

'A Muslim is someone who strives for peace': How this young imam is challenging Islamophobia on- and offline