Doctors’ strikes are a matter of life and death for some. Why does Westminster allow them to drag on?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Doctors’ strikes are a matter of life and death for some. Why does Westminster allow them to drag on?
The polarisation of public debate is getting us nowhere![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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The polarisation of public debate is getting us nowhere
Why The Big Issue has launched a new campaign to End Housing Insecurity Now![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Why The Big Issue has launched a new campaign to End Housing Insecurity Now
Big Issue calls for government to End Housing Insecurity Now with vital new campaign![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Big Issue calls for government to End Housing Insecurity Now with vital new campaign
Eminem, Ramaswamy, and the slim pickings from shady politicians![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Eminem, Ramaswamy, and the slim pickings from shady politicians
If we want the UK to be an education powerhouse, we must abandon old-school thinking![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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If we want the UK to be an education powerhouse, we must abandon old-school thinking
Cycling gives a fleeting glimpse of a brighter future![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Cycling gives a fleeting glimpse of a brighter future
On men, women and the universal heartbreak of saying goodbye to our pets![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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On men, women and the universal heartbreak of saying goodbye to our pets
A quarter of a billion for a footballer? Just imagine what that money could do![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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A quarter of a billion for a footballer? Just imagine what that money could do
Unlike Nigel Farage, millions of people really are financially excluded – that’s who the system is rigged against![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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