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'Don't be a robot – and go left': What can Labour learn from Zohran Mamdani's victory in New York?
Politics

'Don't be a robot – and go left': What can Labour learn from Zohran Mamdani's victory in New York?

The 34-year-old democratic socialist entered the mayoral race last year with less than 1% of the predicted vote share. Last night, he emerged victorious with more than 50% of ballots cast
Westminster must set ambitious, measurable targets to reduce child poverty
set child poverty targets
Child poverty

Westminster must set ambitious, measurable targets to reduce child poverty

Young people call on Rachel Reeves to bring in wealth tax: 'Our generation is losing hope'
Wealth Tax

Young people call on Rachel Reeves to bring in wealth tax: 'Our generation is losing hope'

Digital ID scheme will be a 'passport' out of homelessness, insists Keir Starmer
Exclusive

Digital ID scheme will be a 'passport' out of homelessness, insists Keir Starmer

Everything you need to know about Labour's child poverty strategy
Child poverty

Everything you need to know about Labour's child poverty strategy

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Cold homes are costing lives. Labour's warm homes plan must deliver on its promise
winter heating payment
Andria Mastroianni and Matt Copeland

Cold homes are costing lives. Labour's warm homes plan must deliver on its promise

Disability and poor health drives number of young people not in work or education to almost a million
a young person sat on a bench
NEETs

Disability and poor health drives number of young people not in work or education to almost a million

Labour deputy hopeful Lucy Powell on benefit cuts, landlords and Farage: 'There's no quick fix'
Lucy Powell in House of Commons
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Labour deputy hopeful Lucy Powell on benefit cuts, landlords and Farage: 'There's no quick fix'

Mounjaro for all! Will Wes Streeting's plan for weight loss jabs on the NHS really work?
Paul McNamee

Mounjaro for all! Will Wes Streeting's plan for weight loss jabs on the NHS really work?

Disabled man may be forced to close his business after DWP slashed his Access to Work support
Access to work

Disabled man may be forced to close his business after DWP slashed his Access to Work support

The DWP is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of disabled people. Here's how to overhaul it
New work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden in the House of Commons
Benefits

The DWP is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of disabled people. Here's how to overhaul it

Why we need a new commission on the future of multicultural Britain
image of union jacks
Kieran Connell

Why we need a new commission on the future of multicultural Britain

Labour wants to ban fracking – while Reform wants to 'drill baby drill'. What does it mean for you?
fracking

Labour wants to ban fracking – while Reform wants to 'drill baby drill'. What does it mean for you?

Labour faces another mass rebellion over reforms to the universal credit system, MPs fear
Keir Starmer
Benefits

Labour faces another mass rebellion over reforms to the universal credit system, MPs fear

Labour can't out-Reform Reform – it needs to change tack
Nigel Farage
Stephen Walcott

Labour can't out-Reform Reform – it needs to change tack

Labour could replace two-child limit with a tapered system. Is it enough to tackle child poverty?
Prime minister Keir Starmer speaking at the Labour conference.
Child poverty

Labour could replace two-child limit with a tapered system. Is it enough to tackle child poverty?

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham's Britain would look like
Andy Burnham with Big Issue vendor Colin
Politics

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham's Britain would look like

I'm a single dad asking Keir Starmer and his government to do more to tackle child poverty
Left: Jonny Roberts. Right: Keir Starmer speaking with school children.
Jonny Roberts

I'm a single dad asking Keir Starmer and his government to do more to tackle child poverty

'BritCard' digital ID risks shutting millions of people out of everyday life
Mockup of BritCard by think tank Labour Together
Chloe Coleman

'BritCard' digital ID risks shutting millions of people out of everyday life

Is Britain far right?
Far right

Is Britain far right?

The UK has formally recognised the state of Palestine. So now what?
A protest for Gaza and Palestine outside Wesminister.
Palestine

The UK has formally recognised the state of Palestine. So now what?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Was Margaret Thatcher right to say 'there's no such thing as society'? It's complicated
Margaret Thatcher
Society

Was Margaret Thatcher right to say 'there's no such thing as society'? It's complicated

Would scaling up the UK-France asylum deal really stop the small boats?
Habib from Afghanistan explained that people are only crossing the Channel in small boats because they're desperate
Immigration

Would scaling up the UK-France asylum deal really stop the small boats?

Number of full-time unpaid carers in Britain soars by 70%: 'Millions of us are carers or need care'
carer pushing someone in a wheelchair
Social care

Number of full-time unpaid carers in Britain soars by 70%: 'Millions of us are carers or need care'

Two-child benefit cap is 'punishing' working families, Labour warned ahead of child poverty strategy
Three children
Child poverty

Two-child benefit cap is 'punishing' working families, Labour warned ahead of child poverty strategy