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More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here's how to get them back in class
Martin Hodge

More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here's how to get them back in class

A new report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) highlights how soaring rates of secondary school absence in England have led to disadvantaged pupils falling further behind their peers since the Covid-19 pandemic. Martin Hodge, head of education policy for Community trade union, outlines how the debate around what can be done to drive up attendance levels requires nuance and empathy
Social opportunity should take the place of social security 
John Bird

Social opportunity should take the place of social security 

People in poverty feel disconnected from democracy. But it doesn't have to be this way
Hannah Paylor

People in poverty feel disconnected from democracy. But it doesn't have to be this way

How building a healthier society will get Rachel Reeves out of a bind
Laurie Lee

How building a healthier society will get Rachel Reeves out of a bind

Being diagnosed with a brain tumour was the best day of my life. Here’s how it let me help others
Timothy Samples

Being diagnosed with a brain tumour was the best day of my life. Here’s how it let me help others

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Adolescence shows how toxic online cultures radicalise. But the propaganda is difficult to spot
A still from the Netflix series Adolescence
Dr Sophie James & James Cronin

Adolescence shows how toxic online cultures radicalise. But the propaganda is difficult to spot

We must allow ourselves to feel joy wherever we can. Just ask Rod Stewart
Paul McNamee

We must allow ourselves to feel joy wherever we can. Just ask Rod Stewart

London's Black Cabs are iconic. But their future is in jeopardy
Many taxi drivers have seen earnings plummet.
Daniel Reast & Sam Pooke

London's Black Cabs are iconic. But their future is in jeopardy

DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: 'It's a terrible situation'
mother holding a baby
Ruth Talbot

DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: 'It's a terrible situation'

Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste
Man looking through food bank basked
Carina Millstone

Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste

For those still dealing with a post-Covid debt hangover, financial resilience is vital
debt advice/ call
Vikki Brownridge

For those still dealing with a post-Covid debt hangover, financial resilience is vital

Piccadilly Circus was once the 'best display of popular art anywhere in London'. What happened?
10Foot Takeover

Piccadilly Circus was once the 'best display of popular art anywhere in London'. What happened?

It's 15 years since the UK government promised to end child poverty. Time to revive that ambition
A child eating
Alex Firth

It's 15 years since the UK government promised to end child poverty. Time to revive that ambition

We must learn from Covid and ensure that disabled people are never again neglected
spring budget/ disabled people
Mikey Erhardt

We must learn from Covid and ensure that disabled people are never again neglected

Labour's benefits cuts are short-sighted, whatever way you look at it
keir starmer
Paul McNamee

Labour's benefits cuts are short-sighted, whatever way you look at it

Inside the Big Issue: Alison Hammond answers some Big Questions
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Alison Hammond answers some Big Questions

We must not allow Nigel Farage to run away from his record on Ukraine
Adam Barnett 

We must not allow Nigel Farage to run away from his record on Ukraine

Labour's rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty
liz kendall
Anela Anwar

Labour's rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty

Victorian illnesses like rickets are on the rise. We need radical change to end malnutrition
Lynn Perry

Victorian illnesses like rickets are on the rise. We need radical change to end malnutrition

UK loses £118bn a year to poor mental health. Cutting benefits is not the answer
Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary.
Oliver Chantler

UK loses £118bn a year to poor mental health. Cutting benefits is not the answer

Why you should make Resonance FM the background noise to your life
10Foot Takeover

Why you should make Resonance FM the background noise to your life

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Postnatal thoughts: Having a baby is so irrational – but I did it anyway
10Foot Takeover

Postnatal thoughts: Having a baby is so irrational – but I did it anyway

Disabled people have spent years being attacked as spongers. Labour's benefit cuts are no different
keir starmer, angela rayner and rachel reeves
Mikey Erhardt

Disabled people have spent years being attacked as spongers. Labour's benefit cuts are no different

40 years since it started, what's the point of Comic Relief?
Joanna Lumley and Amelia Dimoldenberg starred in a special sketch to launch Red Nose Day 2025. Image: by Daniel Loveday/Comic Relief
Samir Patel

40 years since it started, what's the point of Comic Relief?

Too many children with special educational needs are living in poverty. It's a waste of public funds
A group photo of Changing Realities after focused SEND meeting with Bridget Philipson on 13 March. Image: Supplied
Joanne Barker-Marsh

Too many children with special educational needs are living in poverty. It's a waste of public funds

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