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Labour rejects Big Issue founder's bid to set legally binding child poverty reduction targets
Crossbench peer and Big Issue founder Lord John Bird
Child poverty

Labour rejects Big Issue founder's bid to set legally binding child poverty reduction targets

Lord John Bird submitted an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill calling for the government to set legally binding targets to reduce child poverty. But Labour rejected the plan, insisting that targets ‘would not in themselves drive reductions in poverty’
I worked with young offenders for years – positive role models could have changed everything for them
Co-founder of Butterfly Books Jason Bryan
Jason Bryan

I worked with young offenders for years – positive role models could have changed everything for them

A short history of film, social realism and raw talent
Film

A short history of film, social realism and raw talent

We have an historic opportunity to stop setting women in prison up to fail. We cannot miss it
Sonya Ruparel

We have an historic opportunity to stop setting women in prison up to fail. We cannot miss it

'This place is a vital force for good': An off-grid community's desperate fight to save their home
Community

'This place is a vital force for good': An off-grid community's desperate fight to save their home

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
This new play uses rap to tell the story of people in prison for crimes they didn't commit
The cast of Public Interest
Evie Manning

This new play uses rap to tell the story of people in prison for crimes they didn't commit

Five things we learned from Pope Francis' candid and historic Big Issue interview
Pope Francis

Five things we learned from Pope Francis' candid and historic Big Issue interview

Child poverty hits new record high – before Labour benefit cuts will push 50,000 more into hardship
child poverty taskforce
Child poverty

Child poverty hits new record high – before Labour benefit cuts will push 50,000 more into hardship

Disabled and mentally ill people feel 'broken and without hope' over Labour's plans for benefits
rachel reeves and keir starmer
Readers' views

Disabled and mentally ill people feel 'broken and without hope' over Labour's plans for benefits

The UN's damning verdict on UK poverty must inspire us to force change
UK prime minister Kier Starmer
Jen Clark

The UN's damning verdict on UK poverty must inspire us to force change

Grenfell fire families face waiting 10 years to see changes and reforms fully implemented
A sign saying
Grenfell

Grenfell fire families face waiting 10 years to see changes and reforms fully implemented

Nearly one million older people in the UK could face water poverty by 2029. We need change
elderly woman washing food in tap water
Andy Slaughter MP

Nearly one million older people in the UK could face water poverty by 2029. We need change

11 ways to spread kindness without spending money
Random Acts of Kindness
Random Acts of Kindness Day

11 ways to spread kindness without spending money

Liz Kendall blasted for 'fuelling fear' after saying benefits claimants are 'taking the mickey'
DWP minister Liz Kendall
Benefits

Liz Kendall blasted for 'fuelling fear' after saying benefits claimants are 'taking the mickey'

Inside the plan to give free cash to homeless people in Manchester: 'It's time to try something new'
Andy Burnham and Rachel Reeves at Manchester Victoria Station
Universal basic income

Inside the plan to give free cash to homeless people in Manchester: 'It's time to try something new'

Inside the Big Issue: Top 100 Changemakers of 2025
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Top 100 Changemakers of 2025

Children's laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation
Reading

Children's laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation

Starmer wants to 'mainline' AI into the UK's 'veins'. Here are the opportunities – and the risks
Artificial Intelligence

Starmer wants to 'mainline' AI into the UK's 'veins'. Here are the opportunities – and the risks

Meet the 'activist lawyer' who fought for justice for a toddler who died from damp and mould
Awaab's Law lawyer Christian Weaver
Awaab's law

Meet the 'activist lawyer' who fought for justice for a toddler who died from damp and mould

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell
Two Peckham residents
ENERGY BILLS

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell

This is how racism pushes people into homelessness: 'I'd have been treated differently if I was white'
A woman holding a banner reading 'Justice'
Homelessness

This is how racism pushes people into homelessness: 'I'd have been treated differently if I was white'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Modern slavery is still rife in the UK – where do we go from here?
slavery still exists in the modern world poster
Helen Ball

Modern slavery is still rife in the UK – where do we go from here?

Becoming a Community Payback supervisor changed my life – and helped countless others
Community Payback supervisor Mick Howe
Rehabilitation

Becoming a Community Payback supervisor changed my life – and helped countless others

Growing up in care makes you 70% more likely to die young. As a Labour MP, I'll work to change that
Josh MacAlister MP in the House of Commons
Josh MacAlister

Growing up in care makes you 70% more likely to die young. As a Labour MP, I'll work to change that

Protest isn't a dirty word – but successive governments have tried to convince us otherwise
how to organise a protest
Jodie Beck

Protest isn't a dirty word – but successive governments have tried to convince us otherwise

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