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Benefits system is ‘utterly failing’ as food bank demand reaches record high: ‘It’s heartbreaking’
Food banks

Benefits system is ‘utterly failing’ as food bank demand reaches record high: ‘It’s heartbreaking’

‘We’re at breaking point’: Food banks see record number of first-time users as demand soars
Food banks

‘We’re at breaking point’: Food banks see record number of first-time users as demand soars

Tories won’t let the UN investigate rise of food banks in UK. Labour must welcome them
Alex Firth

Tories won’t let the UN investigate rise of food banks in UK. Labour must welcome them

Call for MPs to support new Ukraine-style visa scheme for Palestinians trapped in Gaza
Israel-Gaza war

Call for MPs to support new Ukraine-style visa scheme for Palestinians trapped in Gaza

‘We’re needed more than ever’: Big Issue’s work has helped millions affected by poverty in last year
Big Issue Group

‘We’re needed more than ever’: Big Issue’s work has helped millions affected by poverty in last year

Why we need a safe, competent pair of hands for our political challenges
Paul McNamee

Why we need a safe, competent pair of hands for our political challenges

Letters: Rishi Sunak needs to educate himself on what it’s like to be disabled
Letters

Letters: Rishi Sunak needs to educate himself on what it’s like to be disabled

Green Party leader Carla Denyer on climate crisis, fighting for trans rights and beating Labour
Politics

Green Party leader Carla Denyer on climate crisis, fighting for trans rights and beating Labour

Grassroots music venues need your help to survive now more than ever. Here’s why
Venue Watch

Grassroots music venues need your help to survive now more than ever. Here’s why

Dannii Minogue on I Kissed a Girl, family and ‘busting the door open’ for other queer allies
TV

Dannii Minogue on I Kissed a Girl, family and ‘busting the door open’ for other queer allies

Top 5 queer love stories, chosen by Justin Myers aka The Guyliner
Books

Top 5 queer love stories, chosen by Justin Myers aka The Guyliner

Doctor Who star Millie Gibson on hope for Ruby Sunday and lessons learned from ‘magical’ Ncuti Gatwa
TV

Doctor Who star Millie Gibson on hope for Ruby Sunday and lessons learned from ‘magical’ Ncuti Gatwa

Farmers are under pressure from Brexit, Covid and war – pushing UK to verge of full-blown food crisis
Farming

Farmers are under pressure from Brexit, Covid and war – pushing UK to verge of full-blown food crisis

‘Pinkwashing’ or ‘unifying’? Why fans are boycotting Eurovision – and why some are watching anyway
Eurovision

‘Pinkwashing’ or ‘unifying’? Why fans are boycotting Eurovision – and why some are watching anyway

Can Keir Starmer really stop the boats? Labour warned immigration plan doesn’t go far enough
Immigration

Can Keir Starmer really stop the boats? Labour warned immigration plan doesn’t go far enough

Filmmaker Melanie Manchot explains how her drama Stephen can offer hope to addicts
Film

Filmmaker Melanie Manchot explains how her drama Stephen can offer hope to addicts

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How London’s history-making beavers are adapting to life in the capital: ‘They have a right to exist’
Environment

How London’s history-making beavers are adapting to life in the capital: ‘They have a right to exist’

Making your mind up: The long history of Eurovision, politics and Israel, explained
Eurovision

Making your mind up: The long history of Eurovision, politics and Israel, explained

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?

Are we headed for a low-turnout general election? Why poverty and mistrust mean voters staying home
Politics

Are we headed for a low-turnout general election? Why poverty and mistrust mean voters staying home