Opinion

Poverty is the UK’s biggest growth industry – and people are the collateral damage
John Bird

Poverty is the UK’s biggest growth industry – and people are the collateral damage

Mr Loverman star Ariyon Bakare: ‘The struggle for LGBTQ+ acceptance continues in the Caribbean community’
Ariyon Bakare

Mr Loverman star Ariyon Bakare: ‘The struggle for LGBTQ+ acceptance continues in the Caribbean community’

Disabled people are paid £2 an hour less at work. Here’s how to change this grossly unfair situation
Harriet Edwards

Disabled people are paid £2 an hour less at work. Here’s how to change this grossly unfair situation

Mr Starmer, your plan for the benefits bill is same nonsense the Tories would have come up with
Paul McNamee

Mr Starmer, your plan for the benefits bill is same nonsense the Tories would have come up with

Letters: We should scrap Trident so we can lift the two-child benefit cap
Letters

Letters: We should scrap Trident so we can lift the two-child benefit cap

Rachel Reeves should see that ending poverty is fiscally responsible. Here’s why
John Bird

Rachel Reeves should see that ending poverty is fiscally responsible. Here’s why

‘I lost everything imaginable’: Women in Gaza recall how a year of war has upended their lives
Shurooq, Asmaa and Raja

‘I lost everything imaginable’: Women in Gaza recall how a year of war has upended their lives

Rivals and the joy of Jilly Cooper: ‘No other author writes about sex as freely or courageously’
Daisy Buchanan

Rivals and the joy of Jilly Cooper: ‘No other author writes about sex as freely or courageously’

Keir Starmer’s promise to slash red tape and ‘rip out bureaucracy’ is a step backwards for Britain
Phoebe Clay

Keir Starmer’s promise to slash red tape and ‘rip out bureaucracy’ is a step backwards for Britain

Fuel duty has been frozen since 2011. Labour must end this tax cut to help the UK’s poorest
Stephen Frost

Fuel duty has been frozen since 2011. Labour must end this tax cut to help the UK’s poorest

Hunger and broken shoes: Why we need a more compassionate approach to council tax debt collection
Emily Whitford

Hunger and broken shoes: Why we need a more compassionate approach to council tax debt collection

Inside the Big Issue: Carol Vorderman is still the voice of the opposition
Inside Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Carol Vorderman is still the voice of the opposition

Starmer’s first 100 days sees the UK in Bizarro World. Is this really the change people voted for?
Adam Barnett

Starmer’s first 100 days sees the UK in Bizarro World. Is this really the change people voted for?

Will Labour’s employment and renting reform bills finally end millennials’ insecurity?
Alice Martin

Will Labour’s employment and renting reform bills finally end millennials’ insecurity?

Mental health impact of debt and cost of living must stop being overlooked
Julie Bentley

Mental health impact of debt and cost of living must stop being overlooked

It’s never been more dangerous to be a Palestinian aid worker – we feel the world has abandoned us
Salma Altaweel

It’s never been more dangerous to be a Palestinian aid worker – we feel the world has abandoned us

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Starmer and Streeting have talked the talk on mental health support – now they must walk the walk
Oliver Chantler

Starmer and Streeting have talked the talk on mental health support – now they must walk the walk

Dehumanising rhetoric on immigration shows we have learned nothing from the Windrush Scandal
Nick Beales

Dehumanising rhetoric on immigration shows we have learned nothing from the Windrush Scandal

Reasons for keeping two-child benefit cap are thin at best and cruel at worst – Labour must lift it
Vikki Brownridge

Reasons for keeping two-child benefit cap are thin at best and cruel at worst – Labour must lift it

Music is everywhere, including in our heads. So why is it so hard to describe?
Music

Music is everywhere, including in our heads. So why is it so hard to describe?