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Angela Rayner meets John Bird: ‘We’re blaming people for their poverty. And it’s not their fault’
In conversation

Angela Rayner meets John Bird: ‘We’re blaming people for their poverty. And it’s not their fault’

How to eradicate poverty? Angela Rayner and John Bird have some ideas

Inside the Big Issue: Skin in the game
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Skin in the game

A heatwave can be uncomfortable for most of us but if you’re living on the street then it can be a matter of life and death. Big Issue investigates how heatwaves intensify inequality

Angela Rayner: ‘Westminster’s one-size-fits-all approach won’t fix homelessness’
Politics

Angela Rayner: ‘Westminster’s one-size-fits-all approach won’t fix homelessness’

The Labour MP was interviewed by Big Issue founder John Bird as Andy Burnham moved closer to becoming prime minister. She told Big Issue where the Starmer government went wrong and why more power needs to flow out of Westminster

Two-thirds of adults predict kids today will be worse off than their parents
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Two-thirds of adults predict kids today will be worse off than their parents

Prime ministers keep getting forced out of Downing Street. Could fixing poverty save them? 
Keir starmer

Prime ministers keep getting forced out of Downing Street. Could fixing poverty save them? 

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

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

The fall of Angela Rayner emphasises the rise in power of property ownership
John Bird

The fall of Angela Rayner emphasises the rise in power of property ownership

Working-class women like Angela Rayner can’t win in politics when they’re demonised in the press
Bridgette Rickett

Working-class women like Angela Rayner can’t win in politics when they’re demonised in the press

‘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

Renters make last-ditch plea for Labour to cap sky-high rents in Renters’ Rights Bill
RENTING

Renters make last-ditch plea for Labour to cap sky-high rents in Renters’ Rights Bill

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

New homes to be built on disused railway land as Labour tries to keep housing target on track
Housing

New homes to be built on disused railway land as Labour tries to keep housing target on track

This rule change is helping care leavers and domestic abuse survivors to get social homes
Social housing

This rule change is helping care leavers and domestic abuse survivors to get social homes

Rough sleeping a ‘source of national shame’, government told
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping a ‘source of national shame’, government told

Labour to crack down on rogue landlords claiming uncapped housing benefit for horror homes
Housing benefit

Labour to crack down on rogue landlords claiming uncapped housing benefit for horror homes

MPs and voters agree that there is a housing crisis – but they’re split on how to solve it
Housing crisis

MPs and voters agree that there is a housing crisis – but they’re split on how to solve it

Government rejects MPs’ bid to cap record-high rents as Renters’ Rights Bill passes through Commons
RENTING

Government rejects MPs’ bid to cap record-high rents as Renters’ Rights Bill passes through Commons

Renters’ Rights Bill must stop landlords raising rents above wages or inflation, government told
RENTING

Renters’ Rights Bill must stop landlords raising rents above wages or inflation, government told

Building 1.5 million homes will only ‘make a dent’ in housing crisis, warns Angela Rayner
Housing crisis

Building 1.5 million homes will only ‘make a dent’ in housing crisis, warns Angela Rayner

What would you buy Keir Starmer for Christmas? Here’s Matt Chorley’s gift guide for politicians
Politics

What would you buy Keir Starmer for Christmas? Here’s Matt Chorley’s gift guide for politicians

Labour promises £1bn to tackle homelessness in shift towards prevention: ‘It’s time to turn the tide’
Homelessness

Labour promises £1bn to tackle homelessness in shift towards prevention: ‘It’s time to turn the tide’

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‘We must remove the shackles of stigma’: Five ways Labour wants to shake-up Right to Buy
Right to Buy

‘We must remove the shackles of stigma’: Five ways Labour wants to shake-up Right to Buy

Housing minister admits Labour’s 1.5 million homes promise will be ‘more difficult than expected’
Housebuilding

Housing minister admits Labour’s 1.5 million homes promise will be ‘more difficult than expected’

Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill will ‘put decency in the heart of the private rented sector’
RENTING

Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill will ‘put decency in the heart of the private rented sector’

Cost of building homes higher than house prices in one in five areas after ‘years of inflation’
Housing

Cost of building homes higher than house prices in one in five areas after ‘years of inflation’