Letters
‘Governments understand there’s a problem with poverty – they’re just too scared to solve it’
‘Governments understand there’s a problem with poverty – they’re just too scared to solve it’
Postwar prime minister Clement Attlee adopted a Keynesian policy to transform the country. Are today’s leaders too timid to do the same?
Letters: It’s easy to blame social media for our ills. It’s up to us to use it as a force for good
Letters: It’s easy to blame social media for our ills. It’s up to us to use it as a force for good
Social media addiction therapy, volunteering, blurry concert memories and shout-outs to David Attenborough… it’s a packed inbox
Letters: Cutting Access to Work is impractical and cruel
Letters: Cutting Access to Work is impractical and cruel
Big Issue readers take aim at Access to Work being capped
‘I’m infuriated that young people don’t get a say at elections. The minimum voting age is unfair’
‘I’m infuriated that young people don’t get a say at elections. The minimum voting age is unfair’
Letters: Education is on its knees. The government must take radical action to save it
Letters: Education is on its knees. The government must take radical action to save it
Letters: People need to know their rights – why aren’t they taught in the school curriculum?
Letters: People need to know their rights – why aren’t they taught in the school curriculum?
Letters: If unpaid carers stopped caring, people would die
Letters: If unpaid carers stopped caring, people would die
Letters: Repeal squatting laws. The crime is leaving homes empty, not their occupation
Letters: Repeal squatting laws. The crime is leaving homes empty, not their occupation
Letters: The government should build MPs a hotel, then they won’t need second homes
Letters: The government should build MPs a hotel, then they won’t need second homes
Letters: Sob stories from landlords about thermal upgrade costs leave me cold
Letters: Sob stories from landlords about thermal upgrade costs leave me cold
Letters: Right to Buy gets a lot of flak but it was life-changing for people like me
Letters: Right to Buy gets a lot of flak but it was life-changing for people like me
Letters: The bill to fix the Houses of Parliament is too high. Let’s use a disused office block instead
Letters: The bill to fix the Houses of Parliament is too high. Let’s use a disused office block instead
Letters: Every nursery and school should have free training and more funding for SEND
Letters: Every nursery and school should have free training and more funding for SEND
Letters: ‘Voting is the adult equivalent of writing letters to Santa’
Letters: ‘Voting is the adult equivalent of writing letters to Santa’
Letters: A free bus pass for homeless kids is good, but wouldn’t a permanent home be better?
Letters: A free bus pass for homeless kids is good, but wouldn’t a permanent home be better?
Letters: It’s mind-blowing that in 2026 water companies are allowed to dump sewage into rivers
Letters: It’s mind-blowing that in 2026 water companies are allowed to dump sewage into rivers
Letters: Our obsession with positivity is exhausting! Why is grief still such a taboo?
Letters: Our obsession with positivity is exhausting! Why is grief still such a taboo?
Letters: Every homeless person wants a better life
Letters: Every homeless person wants a better life
Letters: Grok isn’t the problem. Men are the problem
Letters: Grok isn’t the problem. Men are the problem
Letters: The world belongs to all of us – so let’s make it a kinder place
Letters: The world belongs to all of us – so let’s make it a kinder place
Letters: Let’s see health and housing services working together in 2026
Letters: Let’s see health and housing services working together in 2026
Letters: In 2026 can we start making sure those without family aren’t left behind?
Letters: In 2026 can we start making sure those without family aren’t left behind?
Letters: I’m all for sorting immigration – but people’s evilness is beyond me
Letters: I’m all for sorting immigration – but people’s evilness is beyond me
Letters: How can an investment bank see the consequences of cutting benefits as a good thing?
