Labour's new towns plans is a start on housing crisis – but much more is needed, experts say
Chancellor Rachel Reeves and deputy prime minister Angela Rayner laugh while wearing hard hats
New towns

Labour's new towns plans is a start on housing crisis – but much more is needed, experts say

Rachel Reeves warns of 'difficult decisions' on benefits and welfare spending
rachel reeves
Benefits

Rachel Reeves warns of 'difficult decisions' on benefits and welfare spending

What does Britain's £20bn 'black hole' mean for you and your money? Experts explain
Rachel Reeves
Public finances

What does Britain's £20bn 'black hole' mean for you and your money? Experts explain

Letters: How can we have a four-day week when some of us are working seven?
four day working week
Letters

Letters: How can we have a four-day week when some of us are working seven?

How Labour's housebuilding target of 1.5 million new homes hinges on just six private companies
Housebuilding

How Labour's housebuilding target of 1.5 million new homes hinges on just six private companies

Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs
Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, and Luke Charters, Labour’s candidate for York Outer, speak to apprentices at Persimmon Homes Germany Beck in York.
Social housing

Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs

'Shameful stuff': Labour suspends seven rebel MPs who voted to end two-child benefit cap
keir starmer
Two-child benefit cap

'Shameful stuff': Labour suspends seven rebel MPs who voted to end two-child benefit cap

Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further
Bibby Stockholm
Bibby Stockholm

Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further

Tories planned to spend £10bn on Rwanda scheme. From HS2 to benefits, here’s how it could be better spent
Rishi Sunak
A modest proposal

Tories planned to spend £10bn on Rwanda scheme. From HS2 to benefits, here’s how it could be better spent

Brits are the happiest they've been in a year. Here's why
Paul McNamee

Brits are the happiest they've been in a year. Here's why

Inside the Big Issue: Rob Delaney on housing for nurses, Robin Hood politics and Deadpool
The cover of The Big Issue, 22/07/2024
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Rob Delaney on housing for nurses, Robin Hood politics and Deadpool

Labour warned that crackdown on shoplifters risks 'criminalising' poverty: 'Some are out of options'
shoplifting
Shoplifting

Labour warned that crackdown on shoplifters risks 'criminalising' poverty: 'Some are out of options'

Marginalised, sceptical and locked out of housing: Why young people didn't vote in the general election
Keir Starmer during the 2024 general election campaign
Democracy

Marginalised, sceptical and locked out of housing: Why young people didn't vote in the general election

Scrap two-child benefit cap to end child poverty, Labour told: 'Good intentions are not enough'
Starmer and Phillipson at a school
Child poverty

Scrap two-child benefit cap to end child poverty, Labour told: 'Good intentions are not enough'

From two-child benefit cap to rough sleeping: Everything that's missing from the King's Speech
The King arrives for the State Opening of Parliament
King's Speech

From two-child benefit cap to rough sleeping: Everything that's missing from the King's Speech

Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour's first King's Speech
The King addresses the House of Lords at the State Opening of Parliament
King's Speech

Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour's first King's Speech

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
What will be in King's Speech? Here's 5 things to look out for – from benefits to conversion therapy
King's speech

What will be in King's Speech? Here's 5 things to look out for – from benefits to conversion therapy

Nearly half of UK adults are in financial difficulty
Stock image of bank notes with pound coins
Debt

Nearly half of UK adults are in financial difficulty

'Huge mandate': Brits of all political stripes want stronger rights for workers, poll finds
workers' rights

'Huge mandate': Brits of all political stripes want stronger rights for workers, poll finds

From a new UK pilot to union backing: The four-day working week has never been closer to reality
Four-day working week

From a new UK pilot to union backing: The four-day working week has never been closer to reality