Inequality

‘Where do kids get their musical instruments from if mum and dad can’t afford it?’
Young people

‘Where do kids get their musical instruments from if mum and dad can’t afford it?’

Tomorrow’s Warriors began in 1991 as a jam session. Since then, it’s provided education and opportunities for musicians including Ezra Collective

The Edinburgh Fringe costs performers thousands. Why do they still go?
Arts funding

The Edinburgh Fringe costs performers thousands. Why do they still go?

At the biggest arts festival in the world, costs have soared, bursaries have dwindled and breaking even is an achievement

NEETs crisis: How did one million young people fall off the career ladder?
NEETs

NEETs crisis: How did one million young people fall off the career ladder?

Researcher Shuab Gamote, 27, spent a year and a half travelling the country talking to young people to find out what’s behind the NEET crisis

Why do people live 14 years longer at one end of Leeds’ famous Otley Run pub crawl than the other?
Health inequality

Why do people live 14 years longer at one end of Leeds’ famous Otley Run pub crawl than the other?

Why Britain needs an anti-racism strategy right now
Stephen Walcott

Why Britain needs an anti-racism strategy right now

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As Britain’s health gaps widen, can Burnham replicate his Greater Manchester success around the UK?
Mark Heffernan

As Britain’s health gaps widen, can Burnham replicate his Greater Manchester success around the UK?

‘We need to tax the rich, not the working class’
Letters

‘We need to tax the rich, not the working class’

Debt is nothing to be ashamed of. It’s time to end the stigma so people can get the help they need
Finance

Debt is nothing to be ashamed of. It’s time to end the stigma so people can get the help they need

Heatwaves can be a unifying call to fight climate change but they are only widening UK inequality
Liam Geraghty

Heatwaves can be a unifying call to fight climate change but they are only widening UK inequality

Why Britain’s next prime minister must tax billionaire wealth now. Democracy is on the line
Gabriel Zucman

Why Britain’s next prime minister must tax billionaire wealth now. Democracy is on the line

YouTuber and economist Gary Stevenson: ‘If we don’t tax wealth we’ll return to the feudal age’
Gary Stevenson

YouTuber and economist Gary Stevenson: ‘If we don’t tax wealth we’ll return to the feudal age’

Gary Stevenson: Why I’m taking over the Big Issue to call for a wealth tax
Gary Stevenson

Gary Stevenson: Why I’m taking over the Big Issue to call for a wealth tax

Boston is the most pro-Brexit town in the UK. What has leaving the EU changed? ‘They got nothing’
Brexit

Boston is the most pro-Brexit town in the UK. What has leaving the EU changed? ‘They got nothing’

How the fight for common land is now the fight for access to the internet
Inequality

How the fight for common land is now the fight for access to the internet

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: ‘Nobody cares about us’
Homelessness

One in eight children growing up homeless has a disability: ‘Nobody cares about us’

How privatisation is ruining your life and putting the UK out of step with the modern world
Opinion

How privatisation is ruining your life and putting the UK out of step with the modern world

Government launches new AI chatbot – but there are fears ‘people in need might be excluded’
Digital inclusion

Government launches new AI chatbot – but there are fears ‘people in need might be excluded’

Who can afford to work in television?
Professor Beth Johnson

Who can afford to work in television?

Tackling violence against women and girls means dismantling the systems that enable it
Hannah Bond and Taahra Ghazi

Tackling violence against women and girls means dismantling the systems that enable it

I was 35 before I had my own lawn to mow. For many, there’s a growing barrier to having a garden
Earth Day

I was 35 before I had my own lawn to mow. For many, there’s a growing barrier to having a garden

Big Issue is heading into schools to inspire the next generation to dismantle poverty
Education

Big Issue is heading into schools to inspire the next generation to dismantle poverty

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Labour’s £9.1bn inheritance tax raid is a missed opportunity to break the cycle of deprivation
Gavin Oldham

Labour’s £9.1bn inheritance tax raid is a missed opportunity to break the cycle of deprivation

Most girls drop out of sport by puberty. Teenage athlete Issey Kyson is on a race to change that
Sport

Most girls drop out of sport by puberty. Teenage athlete Issey Kyson is on a race to change that

Millions of Brits are struggling with council tax debt. The autumn budget must bring reforms
Anny Cullum and Toby Murray

Millions of Brits are struggling with council tax debt. The autumn budget must bring reforms

We cannot continue letting billionaires keep the world’s money while the poorest suffer
Adriana Abdenur

We cannot continue letting billionaires keep the world’s money while the poorest suffer