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Bugged Out Weekender is back: 'We've witnessed more than one epoch-defining musical moment'
The dancefloor at Bugged Out Weekender in 2000.
Music

Bugged Out Weekender is back: 'We've witnessed more than one epoch-defining musical moment'

Johnno Burgess, co-founder of pioneering club night Bugged Out, writes about the return of the Weekender and changing styles on the dance floor…
There's a blind spot with the SEND reforms which could push more families into poverty
Image of child in school
Lisa Mainwaring

There's a blind spot with the SEND reforms which could push more families into poverty

Council tax hikes won't improve services or pay workers better. But I have an idea
Paul McNamee

Council tax hikes won't improve services or pay workers better. But I have an idea

What next for Palestine Action? High Court judgment is important victory for the right to protest
Victoria Tecca

What next for Palestine Action? High Court judgment is important victory for the right to protest

What Spain's migration decision means for the UK
Dr Allan Njanji

What Spain's migration decision means for the UK

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Mike Soutar: Employers are sitting on their hands when it comes to hiring. How can we change that?
Big Issue ambassador Mike Soutar.
Mike Soutar

Mike Soutar: Employers are sitting on their hands when it comes to hiring. How can we change that?

A new kind of politics is coming our way
John Bird

A new kind of politics is coming our way

Why don't people just get a job? The answer is far from simple
The green job centre plus sign hangs above a wet and dirty concrete architrave
Juliette Flach

Why don't people just get a job? The answer is far from simple

Labour's SEND reforms will live or die in classrooms. Families know what works
Diane Johnson

Labour's SEND reforms will live or die in classrooms. Families know what works

Letters: 'Voting is the adult equivalent of writing letters to Santa'
Letters

Letters: 'Voting is the adult equivalent of writing letters to Santa'

Ireland's basic income for artists shows respect for human creativity in the age of AI
Paul McNamee

Ireland's basic income for artists shows respect for human creativity in the age of AI

London’s community gardens show it’s not just a diesel-choked city on its last legs
a child picking tomatoes in Dagenham
Richard Sharp

London’s community gardens show it’s not just a diesel-choked city on its last legs

Taking action against climate change could also help end the need for food banks. Here's how
Lisburn Foodbank in Northern Ireland. Image: Trussell/ Robert Stothard
Helen Barnard and Mike Childs

Taking action against climate change could also help end the need for food banks. Here's how

Prime minister is a job for the odd fishes
winston churchill
John Bird

Prime minister is a job for the odd fishes

There are 2.5 million people trapped in credit card debt in the UK. This is why it happens
Woman with credit card
Vikki Brownridge

There are 2.5 million people trapped in credit card debt in the UK. This is why it happens

Domestic abuse is getting worse. Education alone isn't enough to stop it
Laura McCarthy

Domestic abuse is getting worse. Education alone isn't enough to stop it

Letters: A free bus pass for homeless kids is good, but wouldn't a permanent home be better?
Letters

Letters: A free bus pass for homeless kids is good, but wouldn't a permanent home be better?

Me, my grown-up daughter, and a night out with Take That
Take That
Sam Delaney

Me, my grown-up daughter, and a night out with Take That

Anyone should be able to become an architect. But apprenticeship funding is shaking the foundations
architect apprentice Isha
Chris Williamson

Anyone should be able to become an architect. But apprenticeship funding is shaking the foundations

I was homeless at 16 after leaving care. My apprenticeship gave me a future
Lifetime Training foundation apprentice Nick Marshall
Nick Marshall

I was homeless at 16 after leaving care. My apprenticeship gave me a future

I got a copy of the Beveridge Report for my 80th birthday. Every government minister should read it
John Bird

I got a copy of the Beveridge Report for my 80th birthday. Every government minister should read it

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Why the internet needs to be safer for women
a person typing ona keyboard
Leyla Buran and Professor Olga Jurasz

Why the internet needs to be safer for women

Reform's pints promise is really talking about British identity. Labour should take note
Paul McNamee

Reform's pints promise is really talking about British identity. Labour should take note

Poverty levels are stubborn – but the public purse is strained. Could impact investment solve the problem?
Woman putting money in piggy bank/ how make money
Ronnie Cohen

Poverty levels are stubborn – but the public purse is strained. Could impact investment solve the problem?

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?

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