Politics

Will Reform’s Britannia Card really help low-income households – or is it a ‘giveaway to the rich’?
Reform UK

Will Reform’s Britannia Card really help low-income households – or is it a ‘giveaway to the rich’?

Reform UK has set out plans to introduce a Britannia card that will tax rich non-doms to give to the poor. But will the Robin Hood tax help those on low-incomes or be a ‘billionaire bonanza’?

England and Wales must follow Scotland’s lead and set legal targets to end child poverty
Poverty

England and Wales must follow Scotland’s lead and set legal targets to end child poverty

New Big Issue analysis shows Scotland has seen a 12% drop in child poverty since passing legally binding targets in 2017, where England and Wales have seen a 15% rise

From the NHS to the DWP: UK’s new data law will make your life ‘radically different’, minister says
Data

From the NHS to the DWP: UK’s new data law will make your life ‘radically different’, minister says

New data sharing laws will ‘drive efficiencies in our public services’. But will humans become a rubber stamp?

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

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

‘I was barely existing before PIP’: Benefit claimants say they’re ‘terrified’ of Labour’s cuts
Disability benefits

‘I was barely existing before PIP’: Benefit claimants say they’re ‘terrified’ of Labour’s cuts

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Kneecap fans fly to UK to back band in court – as experts say terror case is ‘pivotal’ for free speech
Kneecap

Kneecap fans fly to UK to back band in court – as experts say terror case is ‘pivotal’ for free speech

Meet the rebel Labour MPs voting against disability benefit cuts: ‘I don’t want to be part of it’
Disability benefits

Meet the rebel Labour MPs voting against disability benefit cuts: ‘I don’t want to be part of it’

What really happens in China’s so-called ‘re-education’ camps: ‘There was suffering and violence’
China

What really happens in China’s so-called ‘re-education’ camps: ‘There was suffering and violence’

The Middle East has been betrayed – but despite everything, there is always hope
The Middle East

The Middle East has been betrayed – but despite everything, there is always hope

Labour pledge to end use of asylum hotels ‘good for refugees, the taxpayer and communities’
Immigration

Labour pledge to end use of asylum hotels ‘good for refugees, the taxpayer and communities’

What was in Rachel Reeves’ historic spending review – and what was missing?
Spending review

What was in Rachel Reeves’ historic spending review – and what was missing?

What could be in Rachel Reeves’ spending review – and what should be?
Spending Review

What could be in Rachel Reeves’ spending review – and what should be?

‘How many more children must die?’: British Palestinians plead with UK to act as Gaza’s people starve
Gaza

‘How many more children must die?’: British Palestinians plead with UK to act as Gaza’s people starve

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: ‘My first political meeting was being dragged to a Tory disco’
Letter To My Younger Self

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: ‘My first political meeting was being dragged to a Tory disco’

Working class and young people are ditching Labour. ‘Aping Reform’ won’t bring them back
Politics

Working class and young people are ditching Labour. ‘Aping Reform’ won’t bring them back

Ely riots, two years on: A Cardiff community pulling itself back together holds lessons for Britain
Ely riots

Ely riots, two years on: A Cardiff community pulling itself back together holds lessons for Britain

Reform or Plaid Cymru? Labour could lose Wales for the first time in over 100 years, voters say
Politics

Reform or Plaid Cymru? Labour could lose Wales for the first time in over 100 years, voters say

The way Wales does elections is all about to change. But could it pave the way for Reform UK?
Democracy

The way Wales does elections is all about to change. But could it pave the way for Reform UK?

Lord John Bird demands Labour set child poverty reduction targets in Children’s Bill amendment
Child poverty

Lord John Bird demands Labour set child poverty reduction targets in Children’s Bill amendment

Disability benefit cuts ‘impossible to support’, Starmer told by his own MPs: ‘Cuts create poverty’
Disability benefits

Disability benefit cuts ‘impossible to support’, Starmer told by his own MPs: ‘Cuts create poverty’

Starmer and Trump agree ‘historic’ UK-US trade deal. Here’s everything you need to know
UK-US trade deal

Starmer and Trump agree ‘historic’ UK-US trade deal. Here’s everything you need to know

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‘Labour has blown its first year in office’: What Reform’s local election gains really tell us
Politics

‘Labour has blown its first year in office’: What Reform’s local election gains really tell us

Don’t justify spending cuts with ‘overinflated’ promises on AI, Labour told: ‘AI isn’t perfect’
Artificial Intelligence

Don’t justify spending cuts with ‘overinflated’ promises on AI, Labour told: ‘AI isn’t perfect’

Scottish whisky and salmon exporters brace for ‘significant hit’ from Trump’s tariff war
Tariffs

Scottish whisky and salmon exporters brace for ‘significant hit’ from Trump’s tariff war

‘People are sick and traumatised’: How Germany’s wealth inequality led to far-right surge, explained
Germany

‘People are sick and traumatised’: How Germany’s wealth inequality led to far-right surge, explained