Mental Health
Keir Starmer promised to tackle child poverty – but we need action, not empty words![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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
Our health system is failing both men and women – but it’s gender equity we need, not equality![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Our health system is failing both men and women – but it’s gender equity we need, not equality
The health of men, women, and children all directly affect one another. We must move beyond fighting for funding and column inches
‘It makes a good punchline’: Meet the Edinburgh Fringe comedians playing their neurodiversity for laughs![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘It makes a good punchline’: Meet the Edinburgh Fringe comedians playing their neurodiversity for laughs
With understanding around neurodiversity ‘close to zero’ for most people, comedians are using shows at the Edinburgh Fringe to tell their stories
Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour’s first King’s Speech
Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour’s first King’s Speech
Bridging the health and wellbeing gap for Big Issue vendors
Bridging the health and wellbeing gap for Big Issue vendors
Wellbeing is not a luxury. It’s a basic human right which the next government must protect![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Wellbeing is not a luxury. It’s a basic human right which the next government must protect
I help refugees with their mental health. This is the toll our asylum system takes![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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I help refugees with their mental health. This is the toll our asylum system takes
‘I want to get out’: The fight for people with learning disabilities to live at home – not hospitals![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘I want to get out’: The fight for people with learning disabilities to live at home – not hospitals
‘It feels like performative empathy’: Why opt out emails for Father’s Day can make the grief worse![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘It feels like performative empathy’: Why opt out emails for Father’s Day can make the grief worse
Covid destroyed my mental health and I lost everything – but discovering boxing turned my life around![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Covid destroyed my mental health and I lost everything – but discovering boxing turned my life around
Dear Sunak and Starmer: Workplace mental health is too serious to be used as a political football![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Dear Sunak and Starmer: Workplace mental health is too serious to be used as a political football
Benedict Cumberbatch: ‘History judges us on how we treat those who are most vulnerable’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Benedict Cumberbatch: ‘History judges us on how we treat those who are most vulnerable’
Abuse survivor tried to take her own life after years-long battle with DWP over disability benefits![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Abuse survivor tried to take her own life after years-long battle with DWP over disability benefits
So little has changed since the Manchester Arena bombing. I worry terrorists have the upper hand![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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So little has changed since the Manchester Arena bombing. I worry terrorists have the upper hand
FOSO is the new FOMO: Why are we so afraid to switch off and be out of office?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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FOSO is the new FOMO: Why are we so afraid to switch off and be out of office?
Benefits system is ‘utterly failing’ as food bank demand reaches record high: ‘It’s heartbreaking’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Benefits system is ‘utterly failing’ as food bank demand reaches record high: ‘It’s heartbreaking’
Moving our bodies is good for our mental health, so what’s stopping us?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Moving our bodies is good for our mental health, so what’s stopping us?
World War 3, climate crisis, benefit cuts… Here’s how to process the news when it feels hopeless![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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World War 3, climate crisis, benefit cuts… Here’s how to process the news when it feels hopeless
How puzzles became the nourishing distraction that helps me face the day![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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How puzzles became the nourishing distraction that helps me face the day
Why Sunak’s benefit cuts and crackdown on ‘sick note culture’ harms children like my daughter![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Why Sunak’s benefit cuts and crackdown on ‘sick note culture’ harms children like my daughter
‘I’ve done awful things – but I try to be better’: Nadine Shah on addiction, getting it wrong and forgiveness![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘I’ve done awful things – but I try to be better’: Nadine Shah on addiction, getting it wrong and forgiveness
Big Issue Group responds to Rishi Sunak’s proposed welfare reforms![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Big Issue Group responds to Rishi Sunak’s proposed welfare reforms
Sunak’s call to end ‘sick note culture’ and reform benefits is ‘demonising’ disabled and sick people![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Sunak’s call to end ‘sick note culture’ and reform benefits is ‘demonising’ disabled and sick people
Christopher Eccleston on his love affair with running: ‘I always feel better after a run’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Christopher Eccleston on his love affair with running: ‘I always feel better after a run’
‘I feel judged for being smelly’: Millions can’t afford to wash their clothes as hygiene poverty soars![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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