Politics

What does Keir Starmer’s personality type tell us about him?
Psychology

What does Keir Starmer’s personality type tell us about him?

Motivational speaker and author Paul McGee outlines four personality types based on Swiss psychologist Carl Jung’s work

There’s no trust left in the world. How can we get it back?
Trust

There’s no trust left in the world. How can we get it back?

Academic Will Jennings looks at why we’ve lost trust in our institutions, and each other

Mad King George or Keir Starmer? Jane Austen fans on the Regency era ideas that can save Britain
Jane Austen

Mad King George or Keir Starmer? Jane Austen fans on the Regency era ideas that can save Britain

King George III vs Keir Starmer, dentistry vs bonnets. The Big Issue visited Bath’s Jane Austen Festival to quiz Regency re-enactors

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham’s Britain would look like
Politics

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham’s Britain would look like

Russia is ‘a threat to the whole world’, warns Ukrainian war hero: ‘Do not let the world forget’
Ukraine war

Russia is ‘a threat to the whole world’, warns Ukrainian war hero: ‘Do not let the world forget’

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Is Britain far right?
Far right

Is Britain far right?

Reform UK’s plan to ban benefits for migrants is ‘an attack on the backbone of this country’
Reform UK

Reform UK’s plan to ban benefits for migrants is ‘an attack on the backbone of this country’

The UK has formally recognised the state of Palestine. So now what?
Palestine

The UK has formally recognised the state of Palestine. So now what?

Was Margaret Thatcher right to say ‘there’s no such thing as society’? It’s complicated
Society

Was Margaret Thatcher right to say ‘there’s no such thing as society’? It’s complicated

Alison McGovern named as new homelessness minister after Rushanara Ali rent scandal
Homelessness

Alison McGovern named as new homelessness minister after Rushanara Ali rent scandal

Brits feel more powerless and distrusting than ever, research finds: ‘This is worrying for all of us’
Trust

Brits feel more powerless and distrusting than ever, research finds: ‘This is worrying for all of us’

What the wave of St George’s flags across England means for national identity
Nationalism

What the wave of St George’s flags across England means for national identity

‘Soap opera politics?’: Angela Rayner resigns as housing secretary and deputy PM after underpaying stamp duty
Angela Rayner

‘Soap opera politics?’: Angela Rayner resigns as housing secretary and deputy PM after underpaying stamp duty

Asylum seekers can stay at Epping hotel after government overturns court ruling
Asylum hotels

Asylum seekers can stay at Epping hotel after government overturns court ruling

Nigel Farage’s mass deportation plan would make life worse for every single Brit
Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage’s mass deportation plan would make life worse for every single Brit

What the Epping asylum seeker hotel ruling means for Britain
Asylum hotels

What the Epping asylum seeker hotel ruling means for Britain

Asylum hotel court ruling risks letting ‘violent mobs dictate government policy’, experts say
Asylum hotels

Asylum hotel court ruling risks letting ‘violent mobs dictate government policy’, experts say

Labour MP Ian Byrne: ‘We need to stop making political decisions which are suicidal on the doorstep’
Politics

Labour MP Ian Byrne: ‘We need to stop making political decisions which are suicidal on the doorstep’

The TikTokification of politics: Will it engage young people or does it miss the point entirely?
Politics

The TikTokification of politics: Will it engage young people or does it miss the point entirely?

Could the UK have a Green prime minister? It’s ‘overdue’, says leadership hopeful Ellie Chowns
Politics

Could the UK have a Green prime minister? It’s ‘overdue’, says leadership hopeful Ellie Chowns

Is Labour really declaring war on allotments? Let’s dig into the detail
Allotments

Is Labour really declaring war on allotments? Let’s dig into the detail

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One year on from the riots, what can Kent tell us about the state of the UK?
Politics

One year on from the riots, what can Kent tell us about the state of the UK?

Suspended MP Brian Leishman: ‘It’s sad there’s no room for Jeremy and Zarah in the Labour Party’
Politics

Suspended MP Brian Leishman: ‘It’s sad there’s no room for Jeremy and Zarah in the Labour Party’

Is it too late to prevent anarchy in the ‘Yookay’?
UK riots

Is it too late to prevent anarchy in the ‘Yookay’?

How Britain’s high street decline is fuelling Reform UK’s rise: ‘There’s a sense that politics has failed’
Reform UK

How Britain’s high street decline is fuelling Reform UK’s rise: ‘There’s a sense that politics has failed’