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People with learning disabilities need to make their voices heard on election day
Ismail Kaji of Mencap
Learning Disability Week 2024

People with learning disabilities need to make their voices heard on election day

Neither Labour nor Tories are going far enough for disabled people – we deserve better
Mikey Erhardt

Neither Labour nor Tories are going far enough for disabled people – we deserve better

Time is running out – the next government needs a proper plan to end reliance on food banks
Queueing for a foodbank
Sabine Goodwin

Time is running out – the next government needs a proper plan to end reliance on food banks

Can the story of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol show us a way through the climate crisis?
The cast of new play Kyoto in rehearsals
Theatre

Can the story of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol show us a way through the climate crisis?

How outdated misconceptions about people with learning disabilities are holding society back
learning disabilities
Ben Tinkler

How outdated misconceptions about people with learning disabilities are holding society back

Why I'm silenced by the fear of being called a bigot
Robin Ince

Why I'm silenced by the fear of being called a bigot

'Your world changes in a moment': Brain injury survivors share remarkable stories of strength and triumph
Health

'Your world changes in a moment': Brain injury survivors share remarkable stories of strength and triumph

Scotland's promise to care experienced children shows how politics can give us hope
a young child is hugged from behind by a parental figure
Susan Loughlin

Scotland's promise to care experienced children shows how politics can give us hope

Poor pay makes care workers feel like second class citizens – the next government must fix this
social care crisis sees care workers experiencing low pay
Katherine Chapman

Poor pay makes care workers feel like second class citizens – the next government must fix this

UK's state pension is one of the lowest in Europe. It's the main reason for misery among retirees
state pension/ retirees
Lord Prem Sikka

UK's state pension is one of the lowest in Europe. It's the main reason for misery among retirees

Number of pensioners in poverty will double by 2040 unless next government acts
pensioner poverty ageing population
Joanna Elson

Number of pensioners in poverty will double by 2040 unless next government acts

We need social housing so young people can grow up without homelessness – it just makes sense
social housing for young people
Tom Kerridge

We need social housing so young people can grow up without homelessness – it just makes sense

Letters: Labour aren't perfect – but they're not the Tories
Sunak and Starmer debate
Letters

Letters: Labour aren't perfect – but they're not the Tories

Women and girls across Britain are in crisis. The next government must act – and fast
secretary of state for women and girls/ women's rights protest
Indy Cross

Women and girls across Britain are in crisis. The next government must act – and fast

There's no debate – Britain's disabled people are in the grip of a social care emergency
Men in England's poorest areas can expect to live to 73, 10 years fewer than in richer areas.
Mikey Erhardt

There's no debate – Britain's disabled people are in the grip of a social care emergency

General Election 2024: What next for rental reforms? All parties must vow to support renters
Renters Reform Bill failed to tackling private renting crisis
Tom Darling

General Election 2024: What next for rental reforms? All parties must vow to support renters

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
This election, we must demand social security be rocket-fuelled so it becomes social opportunity
We need a change banner
John Bird

This election, we must demand social security be rocket-fuelled so it becomes social opportunity

Next government must increase universal credit so people have enough money to survive
food bank/ universal credit
Cass Francis

Next government must increase universal credit so people have enough money to survive

Here's why I love Netflix's hugely problematic Buying London
Buying London
Lucy Sweet

Here's why I love Netflix's hugely problematic Buying London

To tackle child poverty, we need action as bold as Labour creating the welfare state in 1945
Child poverty
Kate Pickett

To tackle child poverty, we need action as bold as Labour creating the welfare state in 1945

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