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Revealed: MPs rack up huge taxpayer-funded rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits
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Revealed: MPs rack up huge taxpayer-funded rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits

Some of the most vehement campaigners for cuts to disability benefits, winter fuel payments and child benefit are the same people claiming rent expenses higher than the average salary. Something's not right
Criminals to be stopped from smuggling puppies: 'Thousands are taken from their mothers far too young'
pip and squeak, smuggled puppies
Animal welfare

Criminals to be stopped from smuggling puppies: 'Thousands are taken from their mothers far too young'

This is why parliament needs to replace the e-petitions system with a House of Campaigns
Richard Ellis

This is why parliament needs to replace the e-petitions system with a House of Campaigns

Brits don't trust politicians. Could a Welsh plan to ban lying in politics help turn that around?
Trust

Brits don't trust politicians. Could a Welsh plan to ban lying in politics help turn that around?

Calling MPs of all stripes: Our planet is counting on your vote on the Climate and Nature Bill
Roz Savage MP

Calling MPs of all stripes: Our planet is counting on your vote on the Climate and Nature Bill

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Homelessness is a 'political choice', MPs told as they return to parliament
A message saying 'Homelessness is a political choice' is beamed on to the Houses of Parliament
Homelessness

Homelessness is a 'political choice', MPs told as they return to parliament

Emilia Clarke: 'Hospitals will fix your brain, but the recovery process will save you'
emilia clarke
Big Issue Recruit

Emilia Clarke: 'Hospitals will fix your brain, but the recovery process will save you'

Meet Jennie – Lib Dem MP Steve Darling's guide dog who's changing the face of politics
jennie the guide dog and mp steve darling
Politics

Meet Jennie – Lib Dem MP Steve Darling's guide dog who's changing the face of politics

Call for MPs to support new Ukraine-style visa scheme for Palestinians trapped in Gaza
gaza protest
Israel-Gaza war

Call for MPs to support new Ukraine-style visa scheme for Palestinians trapped in Gaza

Labour MP Chris Bryant felt 'ashamed' to be part of parliament when Boris Johnson was PM
Chris Bryant MP
Interview

Labour MP Chris Bryant felt 'ashamed' to be part of parliament when Boris Johnson was PM

Sadiq Khan rules out ever returning to Parliament
Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Khan rules out ever returning to Parliament

Will Extinction Rebellion’s ‘The Big One’ work? Here’s what we saw on the ground
Extinction Rebellion, The Big One
Activism

Will Extinction Rebellion’s ‘The Big One’ work? Here’s what we saw on the ground

How to find out if your MP has a second job... and how much they get for it
Politics

How to find out if your MP has a second job... and how much they get for it

Here are the 10 MPs making the most money on top of their salaries
MP second jobs
MPs

Here are the 10 MPs making the most money on top of their salaries

Anti-monarchy protesters hold blank signs outside Parliament after arrests
anti-monarchy protest
King Charles

Anti-monarchy protesters hold blank signs outside Parliament after arrests

Patrick Vallance set to brief MPs on dangers of climate crisis after man's 37-day hunger strike
Climate Crisis

Patrick Vallance set to brief MPs on dangers of climate crisis after man's 37-day hunger strike

Boris Johnson has resigned. Now what?
Boris Johnson at a Cabinet meeting
Conservative chaos

Boris Johnson has resigned. Now what?

How long does Boris Johnson have left as prime minister? 
Boris Johnson

How long does Boris Johnson have left as prime minister? 

Will Boris Johnson resign?
Boris Johnson resign
Boris Johnson

Will Boris Johnson resign?

Who is Michael Hintze? The Tory funder and climate sceptic about to be made a Lord
Climate scepticism

Who is Michael Hintze? The Tory funder and climate sceptic about to be made a Lord

Glenda Jackson: 'What made me give up acting and go into politics was Margaret Thatcher'
Glenda Jackson
Letter to my younger self

Glenda Jackson: 'What made me give up acting and go into politics was Margaret Thatcher'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
After years of breaking the rules, Boris Johnson must now hope his MPs won’t change the only one keeping him in office
Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson

After years of breaking the rules, Boris Johnson must now hope his MPs won’t change the only one keeping him in office

A US-funded anti-abortion group is trying to influence UK anti-protest legislation
A protester holds a 'My body, my choice' placard.
Protest

A US-funded anti-abortion group is trying to influence UK anti-protest legislation

Boris Johnson's no confidence vote: What happens next?
What's next for Boris Johnson?
Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson's no confidence vote: What happens next?

Boris Johnson: How and when will the vote of no confidence decide his future as prime minister?
Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson: How and when will the vote of no confidence decide his future as prime minister?