Opinion

A clear strategy to reduce drug use could save UK government billions. Here's how
Oliver Lodge

A clear strategy to reduce drug use could save UK government billions. Here's how

'This is the reality': Children in care being forced to move at Christmas to save councils money
teen walks away into nightime cityscape
Carolyne Willow

'This is the reality': Children in care being forced to move at Christmas to save councils money

There's a hidden problem with supermarkets campaigning for food banks at Christmas
supermarket facial recognition
Food banks

There's a hidden problem with supermarkets campaigning for food banks at Christmas

If UK doesn't value foreign care workers like me, it will never fix problems in social care
Care worker Sybil Msezane
Sybil Msezane

If UK doesn't value foreign care workers like me, it will never fix problems in social care

Vagrancy Act 2.0? The Criminal Justice Bill must not be allowed to make rough sleeping illegal
Layla Moran on Criminal Justice Bill, Vagrancy Act and rough sleeping
Layla Moran

Vagrancy Act 2.0? The Criminal Justice Bill must not be allowed to make rough sleeping illegal

Property inflation divided Britain – this is what needs to be done to fix it
London skyline
Rowan Moore

Property inflation divided Britain – this is what needs to be done to fix it

Playwright David Ireland: 'Why I can't seem to stop writing about the Troubles'
Mural on the Shankill Road
David Ireland

Playwright David Ireland: 'Why I can't seem to stop writing about the Troubles'

Why DWP snooping on benefit claimants' bank accounts will only whip up hatred of disabled people 
dwp protest
Rachel Charlton-Dailey

Why DWP snooping on benefit claimants' bank accounts will only whip up hatred of disabled people 

King Charles III gives us food for thought on poverty
King Charles, John Bird and vendor Kelvin Gregory
John Bird

King Charles III gives us food for thought on poverty

Was that a cabinet reshuffle or just Rishi Sunak shuffling deckchairs?
David Cameron at Downing Street
Paul McNamee

Was that a cabinet reshuffle or just Rishi Sunak shuffling deckchairs?

UN rapporteur on extreme poverty: 'UK policies continue to inflict misery'
Poverty

UN rapporteur on extreme poverty: 'UK policies continue to inflict misery'

Care leavers find it much harder to get a job – but any company would be lucky to have us
Employment

Care leavers find it much harder to get a job – but any company would be lucky to have us

'Why do terrorists target the most beautiful among us?': Reality of life in Israel after Hamas attacks
Israel eyewitness
Amit Slonim

'Why do terrorists target the most beautiful among us?': Reality of life in Israel after Hamas attacks

As war rages, music forces us to confront political complexity. We mustn't look away
Music

As war rages, music forces us to confront political complexity. We mustn't look away

Councils wasting millions in taxpayer cash fighting families of disabled kids – and losing
disabled/ accessible home
Education

Councils wasting millions in taxpayer cash fighting families of disabled kids – and losing

Child poverty: School staff seeing more and more children 'too hungry to learn'
Primary school teacher in the classroom
Child poverty

Child poverty: School staff seeing more and more children 'too hungry to learn'

The Rolling Stones remind us rock stars weren't meant to be role models
The Rolling Stones: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood in black jackets against a red background
Rock

The Rolling Stones remind us rock stars weren't meant to be role models

Life was tough for the young Jax Jones. Then he found music
Jax Jones
opinion

Life was tough for the young Jax Jones. Then he found music

Brassic FM: How 90s rave crackdowns foreshadowed attacks on our right to protest
Brassic FM - a DJ and a woman dancing
opinion

Brassic FM: How 90s rave crackdowns foreshadowed attacks on our right to protest

Inside The Factory: Finding solace in repetition
Inside the Factory host Gregg Wallace grinning next to a conveyor belt
Lucy Sweet

Inside The Factory: Finding solace in repetition