How Starmer's new prisons minister James Timpson wants to change the way we lock people up
Timpsons CEO James Timpson
Prisons

How Starmer's new prisons minister James Timpson wants to change the way we lock people up

Who is Liz Kendall? Work and pensions secretary's beliefs and what she'll mean for the DWP
Liz Kendall/ dwp secretary
Department for Work and Pensions

Who is Liz Kendall? Work and pensions secretary's beliefs and what she'll mean for the DWP

Labour government urged to fix 'broken benefits system' for disabled and vulnerable people
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Benefits

Labour government urged to fix 'broken benefits system' for disabled and vulnerable people

Labour is yet to give much hope it will reduce poverty. We need more from the new government
keir starmer labour leader
Sabine Goodwin

Labour is yet to give much hope it will reduce poverty. We need more from the new government

Dear Keir Starmer, I'm a single mum and NHS worker. Please don't make me regret voting for you
Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria enter 10 Downing Street
Tayyaba Siddiqui

Dear Keir Starmer, I'm a single mum and NHS worker. Please don't make me regret voting for you

Here's what Labour’s landslide victory means for the planet and the ‘anti-green Tory agenda’
Net zero

Here's what Labour’s landslide victory means for the planet and the ‘anti-green Tory agenda’

Keir Starmer's 'golden opportunity' on immigration – but doubts remain for new prime minister
Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria stand on the steps of Number 10 Downing Street
General Election

Keir Starmer's 'golden opportunity' on immigration – but doubts remain for new prime minister

Keir Starmer promises 'sunlight of hope' – but can he offer progress on ending poverty in the UK?
Keir Starmer
Poverty

Keir Starmer promises 'sunlight of hope' – but can he offer progress on ending poverty in the UK?

What will the new Labour government do for benefit claimants and the welfare system?
Benefits

What will the new Labour government do for benefit claimants and the welfare system?

John Bird reacts to the outcome of the UK General Election 2024
keir starmer labour leader
Press Release

John Bird reacts to the outcome of the UK General Election 2024

Labour just won the election with a historic landslide. So what happens now?
General election 2024

Labour just won the election with a historic landslide. So what happens now?

Benefits claimants have been treated as a political punching bag this general election
rishi sunak at an election rally
Mikey Erhardt

Benefits claimants have been treated as a political punching bag this general election

Jess Phillips on why Labour is the party for women and terminally ill sister-in-law's fight for benefits
Exclusive

Jess Phillips on why Labour is the party for women and terminally ill sister-in-law's fight for benefits

The inside story of how Tony Blair's New Labour all-but ended rough sleeping
Rough sleeping

The inside story of how Tony Blair's New Labour all-but ended rough sleeping

'I haven't voted since Blair': How politics failed one of the most Tory places in Britain
General election 2024

'I haven't voted since Blair': How politics failed one of the most Tory places in Britain

This is what would happen if the Liberal Democrats became the official opposition
General election 2024

This is what would happen if the Liberal Democrats became the official opposition

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Thousands back our call for next government to take immediate action on poverty
Big Issue vendors, frontline staff and campaigners with placards calling for an end to poverty on Westminster Bridge.
General election 2024

Thousands back our call for next government to take immediate action on poverty

Keir Starmer says benefits lack 'dignity' – but real indignity is Britain's broken welfare system
keir starmer
General election 2024

Keir Starmer says benefits lack 'dignity' – but real indignity is Britain's broken welfare system

Election 2024: Starmer, Sunak, Swinney and Davey tell us how they'd end Britain's poverty crisis
Sunak, Davey, Swinney and Starmer
General election 2024

Election 2024: Starmer, Sunak, Swinney and Davey tell us how they'd end Britain's poverty crisis

Keir Starmer: 'I'd offer to pay if I saw a parent shoplifting baby formula'
General election 2024

Keir Starmer: 'I'd offer to pay if I saw a parent shoplifting baby formula'