Become a member of the Big Issue community
JOIN

Politics

What should Liz Truss do in their first 100 days do to tackle the housing crisis?
Liz Truss, the next prime minster on housing
Housing

What should Liz Truss do in their first 100 days do to tackle the housing crisis?

What should Liz Truss do in her first 100 days to make levelling up happen?
levelling up, Liz Truss
Levelling up

What should Liz Truss do in her first 100 days to make levelling up happen?

What should Liz Truss do in her first 100 days to tackle the climate crisis?
Climate crisis

What should Liz Truss do in her first 100 days to tackle the climate crisis?

Britain needs to do more to bring war criminals to justice
Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, has seen recent protests against the government. Image: Steven MacKenzie
Yasmin Sooka and Frances Harrison

Britain needs to do more to bring war criminals to justice

BetterPod: William MacAskill explains what we owe the future
William MacAskill: Why should we care about future people?
philosophy

BetterPod: William MacAskill explains what we owe the future

Act now to stop Terminator future, says ethicist William MacAskill
Act now to stop Terminator future, says ethicist William MacAskill
podcast

Act now to stop Terminator future, says ethicist William MacAskill

Barrister Sam Fowles: Beware the authoritarians stealing our democracy
Illustration: Sunak and Truss whackamole
Books

Barrister Sam Fowles: Beware the authoritarians stealing our democracy

Labour MP demands government supports small businesses with skyrocketing energy bills
Blake
Social Justice

Labour MP demands government supports small businesses with skyrocketing energy bills

Sam Delaney: 'It’s really unsettling watching Liz Truss hurtle towards Downing Street'
Liz Truss
Sam Delaney

Sam Delaney: 'It’s really unsettling watching Liz Truss hurtle towards Downing Street'

No more distractions: The next prime minister must tackle the childcare crisis
A majority of the public also wants reforms to stop working parents being priced out of childcare. universal credit
Megan Jarvie

No more distractions: The next prime minister must tackle the childcare crisis

The Secret Civil Servant: We come up with solutions and ministers ignore them
The Secret Civil Servant

The Secret Civil Servant: We come up with solutions and ministers ignore them

More than 70,000 people sign Gordon Brown petition calling for emergency budget
Gordon Brown
Cost of living crisis

More than 70,000 people sign Gordon Brown petition calling for emergency budget

'What a load of bull': Martin Lewis rubbishes claims government can't act on energy bills crisis
Energy bills

'What a load of bull': Martin Lewis rubbishes claims government can't act on energy bills crisis

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak 'do not grasp the seriousness of the cost of living crisis'
Truss and Sunak/ Cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak 'do not grasp the seriousness of the cost of living crisis'

Big Issue teams up with Gordon Brown to call for emergency budget to fight October price cap rise
Gordon Brown
Cost of living crisis

Big Issue teams up with Gordon Brown to call for emergency budget to fight October price cap rise

Tom Daley: 'For people around the Commonwealth, seeing that Pride flag is a sign of safety'
Social Justice

Tom Daley: 'For people around the Commonwealth, seeing that Pride flag is a sign of safety'

Advertisement
Liz Truss vows to make rent payments count in mortgage assessments if she’s named prime minister
Liz Truss
Tory Leadership Race

Liz Truss vows to make rent payments count in mortgage assessments if she’s named prime minister

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak could learn from the Obama summer playlist
obama liz truss rishi sunak
Paul McNamee

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak could learn from the Obama summer playlist

Creative thinking flourishes everywhere except in government
A suitcase of flowers
John Bird

Creative thinking flourishes everywhere except in government

Maryland star Hayley Squires: 'This is not a 30-minute-long accusation. We're asking for men's help'
Violence against women

Maryland star Hayley Squires: 'This is not a 30-minute-long accusation. We're asking for men's help'