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Actor and activist Rob Delaney on giving money to the poor, giving Starmer a chance and Deadpool
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Actor and activist Rob Delaney on giving money to the poor, giving Starmer a chance and Deadpool

Deadpool & Wolverine star Rob Delaney was thrilled to talk to Big Issue about elections, blockbuster movie sets, saving the NHS, and the serious business of being a piece of handsome furniture

Keir Starmer promised to tackle child poverty – but we need action, not empty words
Sanah Ahsan

Keir Starmer promised to tackle child poverty – but we need action, not empty words

Child poverty is preventable and easy to end, and would be a highly effective intervention to the mental health crisis

Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs
Social housing

Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs

Keir Starmer’s party have promised to build 1.5 million homes and prioritise social rent homes. But homebuilders are warning there are several barriers to ending the housing crisis

Marginalised, sceptical and locked out of housing: Why young people didn’t vote in the general election
Democracy

Marginalised, sceptical and locked out of housing: Why young people didn’t vote in the general election

Scrap two-child benefit cap to end child poverty, Labour told: ‘Good intentions are not enough’
Child poverty

Scrap two-child benefit cap to end child poverty, Labour told: ‘Good intentions are not enough’

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Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour’s first King’s Speech
King's Speech

Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour’s first King’s Speech

Letters: The DWP needs to be kind – instead of making people’s lives difficult
Letters

Letters: The DWP needs to be kind – instead of making people’s lives difficult

Smart, no-nonsense moves by Starmer show how toxic and incompetent the Tories have really been
Sam Delaney

Smart, no-nonsense moves by Starmer show how toxic and incompetent the Tories have really been

What is the National Wealth Fund? Inside Labour’s less sexy, technocratic replacement for the £28bn
Politics

What is the National Wealth Fund? Inside Labour’s less sexy, technocratic replacement for the £28bn

One of the biggest crises facing the UK is barely talked about – the crisis of an ageing population
James Rose

One of the biggest crises facing the UK is barely talked about – the crisis of an ageing population

‘Pull your finger out’: Can Keir Starmer really deliver change for those crying out for it?
Politics

‘Pull your finger out’: Can Keir Starmer really deliver change for those crying out for it?

We urgently need a fresh cross-government approach to ending homelessness
Charlotte Talbott

We urgently need a fresh cross-government approach to ending homelessness

Here’s what Labour’s landslide victory means for the planet and the ‘anti-green Tory agenda’
Net zero

Here’s what Labour’s landslide victory means for the planet and the ‘anti-green Tory agenda’

Keir Starmer can ‘only bring real change by fixing the housing emergency’
General election 2024

Keir Starmer can ‘only bring real change by fixing the housing emergency’

Keir Starmer promises ‘national reset’ after landslide Labour general election win
General Election

Keir Starmer promises ‘national reset’ after landslide Labour general election win

John Bird reacts to the outcome of the UK General Election 2024
Press Release

John Bird reacts to the outcome of the UK General Election 2024

From milkshakes to Ed Davey on a paddleboard: The most bizarre moments of the 2024 general election
General election 2024

From milkshakes to Ed Davey on a paddleboard: The most bizarre moments of the 2024 general election

What happens if the Tories win?
Adam Barnett

What happens if the Tories win?

Workers should have the right to family time – including Keir Starmer, campaigners say
Employment

Workers should have the right to family time – including Keir Starmer, campaigners say

France’s far-right National Rally is in reach of power. Here’s why Britain must take note
France

France’s far-right National Rally is in reach of power. Here’s why Britain must take note

Keir Starmer on being as ‘bold as Attlee’ and why there’ll be no return to austerity under his watch
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Keir Starmer on being as ‘bold as Attlee’ and why there’ll be no return to austerity under his watch

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Keir Starmer says benefits lack ‘dignity’ – but real indignity is Britain’s broken welfare system
General election 2024

Keir Starmer says benefits lack ‘dignity’ – but real indignity is Britain’s broken welfare system

Starmer promises to “be as bold as Attlee” in Big Issue exclusive challenging leaders on poverty crisis
Press Release

Starmer promises to “be as bold as Attlee” in Big Issue exclusive challenging leaders on poverty crisis

Keir Starmer: ‘I’d offer to pay if I saw a parent shoplifting baby formula’
General election 2024

Keir Starmer: ‘I’d offer to pay if I saw a parent shoplifting baby formula’

Election 2024: Starmer, Sunak, Swinney and Davey tell us how they’d end Britain’s poverty crisis
General election 2024

Election 2024: Starmer, Sunak, Swinney and Davey tell us how they’d end Britain’s poverty crisis