Opinion

There's no evidence women are worse with money. So how do we tackle the growing gender debt gap?
Stock image of a woman working on a laptop
Vikki Brownridge

There's no evidence women are worse with money. So how do we tackle the growing gender debt gap?

How we define 'sexual exploitation' is fuelling violence against women and girls
domestic abuse
Kimberley Hutchison

How we define 'sexual exploitation' is fuelling violence against women and girls

It wasn't until I went to prison that I realised how important reading was – it became a lifeline
World Book Day

It wasn't until I went to prison that I realised how important reading was – it became a lifeline

Germany's extreme right profited from economic decline. Keir Starmer should take note
Jakob Hafele

Germany's extreme right profited from economic decline. Keir Starmer should take note

Rail fares go up year after year – but it doesn't have to be this way. It's time to fix fares for good
Michael Solomon Williams

Rail fares go up year after year – but it doesn't have to be this way. It's time to fix fares for good

We may have learning disabilities – but we still want the same opportunities as everyone else
Kerry Martin and Emily Burr

We may have learning disabilities – but we still want the same opportunities as everyone else

Why Starmer's cuts to UK aid budget will hurt both at home and abroad
Department for International Development workers delivering UK aid
Khusbu Patel

Why Starmer's cuts to UK aid budget will hurt both at home and abroad

The idea of running off to a remote island is really appealing right now
Paul McNamee

The idea of running off to a remote island is really appealing right now

Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali: 'We must take difficult decisions now to get back on track'
homelessness minister Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali

Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali: 'We must take difficult decisions now to get back on track'

Jane Austen has become my shelter against a confusing world
John Bird

Jane Austen has become my shelter against a confusing world

We'll never solve the NHS beds crisis until we fix care and housing provision
Findlay MacAlpine

We'll never solve the NHS beds crisis until we fix care and housing provision

Reform UK's climate denialism could devastate the very towns and cities they want to represent
Nigel Farage giving a speech
David Laister

Reform UK's climate denialism could devastate the very towns and cities they want to represent

Green MP Ellie Chowns: 'Half measures will no longer suffice – we need bold solutions to poverty'
Ellie Chowns

Green MP Ellie Chowns: 'Half measures will no longer suffice – we need bold solutions to poverty'

Climate change is keeping food from our plates. It's time for big business to step up
Paul McNamee

Climate change is keeping food from our plates. It's time for big business to step up

No recourse to public funds traps families like mine in poverty. It's time the government ended it
praxis no recourse to public funds group. image of campaigners
Uche

No recourse to public funds traps families like mine in poverty. It's time the government ended it

How ChatGPT and AI changed the conversation on universal basic income
ChatGPT
Alison Hawdale

How ChatGPT and AI changed the conversation on universal basic income

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
I'm gay and a West Ham fan – this is how football has changed for people like me
Jo Bailey

I'm gay and a West Ham fan – this is how football has changed for people like me

MS has left me virtually housebound – I fear what disability benefit reforms mean for my future
Charlotte Wright who is living with multiple sclerosis
Charlotte Wright

MS has left me virtually housebound – I fear what disability benefit reforms mean for my future

Gaslighting the public: How the energy industry is profiting from our pain as bills are set to go up
gas hob
Simon Francis

Gaslighting the public: How the energy industry is profiting from our pain as bills are set to go up

Nearly one million older people in the UK could face water poverty by 2029. We need change
elderly woman washing food in tap water
Andy Slaughter MP

Nearly one million older people in the UK could face water poverty by 2029. We need change