Opinion

Poverty eats away at all it touches – it must be dug out at its roots
John Bird

Poverty eats away at all it touches – it must be dug out at its roots

Tories seem to think pandering to the extreme right is a vote-winner. But where’s the evidence?
Adam Barnett

Tories seem to think pandering to the extreme right is a vote-winner. But where’s the evidence?

Why it’s time for Conservative animal rights advocates to step up and be counted
David Holroyd

Why it’s time for Conservative animal rights advocates to step up and be counted

How puzzles became the nourishing distraction that helps me face the day
Sam Delaney

How puzzles became the nourishing distraction that helps me face the day

Why Sunak’s benefit cuts and crackdown on ‘sick note culture’ harms children like my daughter
Izzy G

Why Sunak’s benefit cuts and crackdown on ‘sick note culture’ harms children like my daughter

Humanity is a bigger threat to the planet than any asteroid
Steven MacKenzie

Humanity is a bigger threat to the planet than any asteroid

Disabled renters need protection – and the Tories’ watered-down renter reforms don’t deliver it
Nadia Whittome

Disabled renters need protection – and the Tories’ watered-down renter reforms don’t deliver it

Britain has a serious money problem. Financial literacy must be taught in primary schools
John Asthana Gibson

Britain has a serious money problem. Financial literacy must be taught in primary schools

Disabled people are trapped in a housing crisis of the government’s own making
Kevin Carvell

Disabled people are trapped in a housing crisis of the government’s own making

You can grow up to be Morrissey or you can grow up to be Johnny Marr – which are you?
Robin Ince

You can grow up to be Morrissey or you can grow up to be Johnny Marr – which are you?

We’ll never end homelessness if we don’t have a proper long-term strategy
John Bird

We’ll never end homelessness if we don’t have a proper long-term strategy

I know how to make the DWP better and get more people into work – but they’re just not listening
John McDonough

I know how to make the DWP better and get more people into work – but they’re just not listening

Voyager 1’s galactic mixtape, extending a hand of welcome to the universe 
Paul McNamee

Voyager 1’s galactic mixtape, extending a hand of welcome to the universe 

DWP has the power to help people. Why is it choosing to threaten disabled people instead?
Sumi Rabindrakumar

DWP has the power to help people. Why is it choosing to threaten disabled people instead?

London Tide creator Ben Power on power of the Thames – and why Dickens’ London is ‘our London’
Ben Power

London Tide creator Ben Power on power of the Thames – and why Dickens’ London is ‘our London’

In praise of the wonderfully refreshing Taskmaster contestant Sophie Willian
Lucy Sweet

In praise of the wonderfully refreshing Taskmaster contestant Sophie Willian

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Tory renting reforms could be ‘catastrophic’ for victims of domestic abuse. Here’s why
Judith Vickress

Tory renting reforms could be ‘catastrophic’ for victims of domestic abuse. Here’s why

Responsible landlords need confidence in Tory renting reforms to prevent homelessness
Ben Beadle

Responsible landlords need confidence in Tory renting reforms to prevent homelessness

When it comes to poverty prevention it’s minds we must change – before anything else
John Bird

When it comes to poverty prevention it’s minds we must change – before anything else

We have no long-term housing plan. Here’s why the Church of England is stepping up to fix it
Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani

We have no long-term housing plan. Here’s why the Church of England is stepping up to fix it