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I couldn't find a decent music festival – so I created my own
Jess Lardner

I couldn't find a decent music festival – so I created my own

Calls for a law change to protect survivors of domestic abuse left on the verge of financial ruin
domestic abuse survivor/ silhouette of woman
Domestic abuse

Calls for a law change to protect survivors of domestic abuse left on the verge of financial ruin

Keir Starmer is booting migrants out of his vision for workers' rights
Keir Starmer
Dr Dora-Olivia Vicol

Keir Starmer is booting migrants out of his vision for workers' rights

We need a fundamental reset of our broken homelessness system. Here's what Labour must do
A bearded man sat on a bench
Lígia Teixeira

We need a fundamental reset of our broken homelessness system. Here's what Labour must do

Letters: Reform getting in will cause a lot of civil disruption
Letters

Letters: Reform getting in will cause a lot of civil disruption

Youth mobility scheme with EU will help to right the Brexit wrongs
Paul McNamee

Youth mobility scheme with EU will help to right the Brexit wrongs

No, Kneecap shouldn't be cancelled – but they shouldn't go unchallenged, either
Eamonn Forde

No, Kneecap shouldn't be cancelled – but they shouldn't go unchallenged, either

Skins star on how OnlyFans changed her life: 'I was earning a living wage for the first time'
Sex work

Skins star on how OnlyFans changed her life: 'I was earning a living wage for the first time'

I'm a Labour MP. This is why I can't support Starmer's benefits cuts
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Paula Barker MP

I'm a Labour MP. This is why I can't support Starmer's benefits cuts

We are all the same age inside a library – curious, young and eager to learn
Robin Ince

We are all the same age inside a library – curious, young and eager to learn

It's 80 years since VE Day and Europe may be free – but we're losing a war with poverty
Greg Barradale

It's 80 years since VE Day and Europe may be free – but we're losing a war with poverty

I've written over a million words about poverty – here's what I've learned
John Bird

I've written over a million words about poverty – here's what I've learned

The UK government must learn from Wales and bring about a politics that looks to the future
keir starmer labour prime minister
Will Snell

The UK government must learn from Wales and bring about a politics that looks to the future

We took the UK government to court to defend the right to protest – and won. Here's what it means
Liberty protesters outside the Court of Appeal after protest law success
Katy Watts

We took the UK government to court to defend the right to protest – and won. Here's what it means

Labour has shot itself in the foot on immigration – but it's not too late to change course
prime minister Keir Starmer standing in front of members of the armed forces
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

Labour has shot itself in the foot on immigration – but it's not too late to change course

Lobular breast cancer patients like me deserve better. Will Wes Streeting finally help us?
Kate Ford and Susan Michaelis
Kate Ford

Lobular breast cancer patients like me deserve better. Will Wes Streeting finally help us?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
No, net zero targets didn't cause blackout – nor are they doomed to fail
Paul McNamee

No, net zero targets didn't cause blackout – nor are they doomed to fail

Letters: Should we be reducing our consumption of American things?
Letters

Letters: Should we be reducing our consumption of American things?

Labour must stop landlords hiking rents if Keir Starmer is to help working people
Renters protest high rents in London
Nye Jones

Labour must stop landlords hiking rents if Keir Starmer is to help working people

AI therapy surprised me. But I won't be ditching my human therapist just yet
Sam Delaney

AI therapy surprised me. But I won't be ditching my human therapist just yet

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