Inequality

Credit is cheap for the rich and expensive for the poor. That must change
Nick Bryer

Credit is cheap for the rich and expensive for the poor. That must change

The Fair Banking for All campaign wants banks to be properly assessed on how they serve their communities

A new Bhopal disaster play asks whose lives are considered expendable in the pursuit of profit?
Theatre

A new Bhopal disaster play asks whose lives are considered expendable in the pursuit of profit?

Matthew Xia directs a new stage show telling the story of a life ravaged by the world’s worst industrial disaster

‘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?

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?

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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

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’

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’

Ten years after the Brexit vote, the divisions in UK society are deeper than ever 
Steven MacKenzie

Ten years after the Brexit vote, the divisions in UK society are deeper than ever 

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

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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

From bubbles to ‘SlopTok’: Why 2026 could see both the highs and lows of artificial intelligence
Jeni Tennison

From bubbles to ‘SlopTok’: Why 2026 could see both the highs and lows of artificial intelligence

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