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Labour’s immigration changes could cost £11bn due to ‘significant loss’ for UK workforce
Immigration

Labour’s immigration changes could cost £11bn due to ‘significant loss’ for UK workforce

Former home secretary Yvette Cooper made sweeping changes to the UK’s immigration system, including ending recruitment on the health and care worker visa

Alastair Campbell: ‘Young people need more than bursts of support to build their trust’
Alastair Campbell

Alastair Campbell: ‘Young people need more than bursts of support to build their trust’

The former strategist and spokesperson for Tony Blair’s Labour Party writes about what the government’s youth strategy misses out

The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth – here’s what needs to change
Sienna Somers

The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth – here’s what needs to change

When ecosystems unravel, it affects everything from food security to public health, to protecting homes from floods

I spent four years in one of Britain’s worst jails for a murder I didn’t commit. Now I want justice
Criminal justice

I spent four years in one of Britain’s worst jails for a murder I didn’t commit. Now I want justice

What’s the most important part of any urban landscape? The people who inhabit it
Julie Adams

What’s the most important part of any urban landscape? The people who inhabit it

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Why it’s time for heated conversations on the cost of energy
Paul McNamee

Why it’s time for heated conversations on the cost of energy

Inside the Millennium Seed Bank, our biological safety net in a changing world
Food

Inside the Millennium Seed Bank, our biological safety net in a changing world

Science writer Alex Riley: ‘Even if humans cause mass extinction, life will still endure’
Life

Science writer Alex Riley: ‘Even if humans cause mass extinction, life will still endure’

Rhinos have become the face of extinction, but now there’s a small ray of hope
Conservation

Rhinos have become the face of extinction, but now there’s a small ray of hope

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
Christmas

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved

How to volunteer at a food bank
Food banks

How to volunteer at a food bank

Two-child benefit cap axed and wage hikes: What Rachel Reeves’ autumn budget means for your money
Autumn budget

Two-child benefit cap axed and wage hikes: What Rachel Reeves’ autumn budget means for your money

‘It’s not like a normal pub’: How communities are rallying together to breathe new life into dying pubs
Pubs

‘It’s not like a normal pub’: How communities are rallying together to breathe new life into dying pubs

How did Rachel Reeves do in her first autumn budget? We ask people on the frontlines, one year on
autumn budget

How did Rachel Reeves do in her first autumn budget? We ask people on the frontlines, one year on

The government’s new immigration ‘shake up’ will only punish torture survivors like me
Kolbassia Haoussou

The government’s new immigration ‘shake up’ will only punish torture survivors like me

UK wants to model its asylum system on Denmark’s. This is why it’s a bad idea
Victoria Canning

UK wants to model its asylum system on Denmark’s. This is why it’s a bad idea

I’m an Anacé chief in Brazil. For Indigenous people, resistance is not a choice. It’s survival
Chief Roberto Ytaysaba Anacé

I’m an Anacé chief in Brazil. For Indigenous people, resistance is not a choice. It’s survival

Big Issue vendor ‘loses everything’ in Storm Claudia floods that left him ‘worried for his life’
Our Vendors

Big Issue vendor ‘loses everything’ in Storm Claudia floods that left him ‘worried for his life’

Shabana Mahmood’s asylum crackdown is enough to make Scrooge blush – but it’s not too late to change
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

Shabana Mahmood’s asylum crackdown is enough to make Scrooge blush – but it’s not too late to change

There’s ‘awareness’ of trans people – but too often it’s the wrong kind
Ayla Holdom

There’s ‘awareness’ of trans people – but too often it’s the wrong kind

We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped
Food

We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped

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Sowing seeds of change: How Big Issue’s Big Grow is cultivating community and resilience 
Food

Sowing seeds of change: How Big Issue’s Big Grow is cultivating community and resilience 

Queer people must be visible in the face of division, says drag legend Jonny Woo
Culture

Queer people must be visible in the face of division, says drag legend Jonny Woo

Trespasses star Lola Petticrew: ‘I’m an artist because I’m an activist – I can’t separate it’
TV

Trespasses star Lola Petticrew: ‘I’m an artist because I’m an activist – I can’t separate it’

George Lamb on how an Ibiza dance floor set him on a farming odyssey: ‘We need resilience in our food system’
Food

George Lamb on how an Ibiza dance floor set him on a farming odyssey: ‘We need resilience in our food system’