Inequality

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

Peasants thrived on common land until landowners stole it all. There is an obvious parallel with what’s going on today onlinr

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’

Groundbreaking new research from children’s charity Variety shows that a staggering number of disabled children are homeless

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

Forty years on from the selloff of our utilities, water, energy and social housing are all in crisis

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?

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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

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

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

People with learning disabilities are dying 20 years early, report finds: ‘They deserve better’
Learning disabilities

People with learning disabilities are dying 20 years early, report finds: ‘They deserve better’

Taxing wealth in the budget could score the chancellor a triple win
Howard Reed and Martin O’Neill

Taxing wealth in the budget could score the chancellor a triple win

The UK is not doing well. Here’s how the Marmot Principles could help Starmer turn things around
Marmot Places

The UK is not doing well. Here’s how the Marmot Principles could help Starmer turn things around

Here’s how projects driven by the eight Marmot principles are transforming Britain
Marmot thinking

Here’s how projects driven by the eight Marmot principles are transforming Britain

What are the eight Marmot Principles and how could they transform the health of a local area?
Health inequality

What are the eight Marmot Principles and how could they transform the health of a local area?

Get rich and die trying: Typical Brit must save entire lifetime of earnings to become wealthy
Wealth

Get rich and die trying: Typical Brit must save entire lifetime of earnings to become wealthy

Black History Month is even more important in frightening times of racist violence
Dahaba Ali Hussen

Black History Month is even more important in frightening times of racist violence

Children in deprived areas of Scotland are three times more likely to die before their first birthday
Julie Cameron

Children in deprived areas of Scotland are three times more likely to die before their first birthday

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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

Forget Xenomorphs: The real threat in Alien was wage inequality and corporate greed
FIlm

Forget Xenomorphs: The real threat in Alien was wage inequality and corporate greed

The simple reason employers must publish salaries on job adverts
Nyree Ambarchian

The simple reason employers must publish salaries on job adverts

Labour promised to reduce health inequality – here’s how they can deliver
Mark Heffernan

Labour promised to reduce health inequality – here’s how they can deliver