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England and Wales must follow Scotland’s lead and set legal targets to end child poverty
Poverty

England and Wales must follow Scotland’s lead and set legal targets to end child poverty

New Big Issue analysis shows Scotland has seen a 12% drop in child poverty since passing legally binding targets in 2017, where England and Wales have seen a 15% rise

Could the government’s disability benefit cuts be blocked by Labour MPs?
Disability benefits

Could the government’s disability benefit cuts be blocked by Labour MPs?

More than 100 Labour MPs have backed an amendment calling for the disability benefit cuts to be blocked. Here’s what it means for the government’s plans for welfare reform

From the NHS to the DWP: UK’s new data law will make your life ‘radically different’, minister says
Data

From the NHS to the DWP: UK’s new data law will make your life ‘radically different’, minister says

New data sharing laws will ‘drive efficiencies in our public services’. But will humans become a rubber stamp?

School standards minister dodges question from disabled boy about future of his education
Onside Takeover

School standards minister dodges question from disabled boy about future of his education

Are we witnessing a turning point in how we tackle homelessness?
Matt Downie

Are we witnessing a turning point in how we tackle homelessness?

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Copying Nigel Farage gives him a credibility he hasn’t earned
Renaud Foucart

Copying Nigel Farage gives him a credibility he hasn’t earned

Labour rejects Big Issue founder’s bid to set legally binding child poverty reduction targets
Child poverty

Labour rejects Big Issue founder’s bid to set legally binding child poverty reduction targets

Poverty always gets our prime ministers in the end
John Bird

Poverty always gets our prime ministers in the end

Inside the Big Issue: Does Rosie Jones make you laugh?
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Does Rosie Jones make you laugh?

Keir Starmer might not have ‘rizz’ – but maybe we should give him a chance
Sam Delaney

Keir Starmer might not have ‘rizz’ – but maybe we should give him a chance

Scrap two-child benefit cap if you’re serious about child poverty, Rachel Reeves told
Two-child benefit cap

Scrap two-child benefit cap if you’re serious about child poverty, Rachel Reeves told

Auto-enrol eligible children for free school meals to end ‘postcode lottery’, government told
Free school meals

Auto-enrol eligible children for free school meals to end ‘postcode lottery’, government told

What was in Rachel Reeves’ historic spending review – and what was missing?
Spending review

What was in Rachel Reeves’ historic spending review – and what was missing?

Politicians need to recognise self-evident truths – or else we risk going deeper into poverty
Gavin Oldham

Politicians need to recognise self-evident truths – or else we risk going deeper into poverty

Letters: My middle-class, lifelong Labour-voting friends are turning to Reform UK
Letters

Letters: My middle-class, lifelong Labour-voting friends are turning to Reform UK

‘How many more children must die?’: British Palestinians plead with UK to act as Gaza’s people starve
Gaza

‘How many more children must die?’: British Palestinians plead with UK to act as Gaza’s people starve

Inside another week of peril for Thames Water while England drowns in raw sewage
Cat Hobbs

Inside another week of peril for Thames Water while England drowns in raw sewage

‘Starmer needs to be more scared of us than Reform’: Zack Polanski on how the Greens can outflank Farage
Politics

‘Starmer needs to be more scared of us than Reform’: Zack Polanski on how the Greens can outflank Farage

All children on universal credit to get free school meals: ‘It will take hunger out of classroom’
Child poverty

All children on universal credit to get free school meals: ‘It will take hunger out of classroom’

No, Keir Starmer, immigration isn’t turning Britain into an ‘island of strangers’. Here’s why
Tim Naor Hilton

No, Keir Starmer, immigration isn’t turning Britain into an ‘island of strangers’. Here’s why

Did Labour just abandon its promise for a fairer asylum system?
Alex Firth and Michael Garcia Bochenek

Did Labour just abandon its promise for a fairer asylum system?

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The Reckoning – a play creating the crucible from which truth and justice can emerge
Theatre

The Reckoning – a play creating the crucible from which truth and justice can emerge

The UK’s political map is changing almost overnight. Starmer will have to get tough
John Bird

The UK’s political map is changing almost overnight. Starmer will have to get tough

Energy price cap fall is a ‘massive relief’ – but bills still remain punishingly high
Energy bills

Energy price cap fall is a ‘massive relief’ – but bills still remain punishingly high

Working class and young people are ditching Labour. ‘Aping Reform’ won’t bring them back
Politics

Working class and young people are ditching Labour. ‘Aping Reform’ won’t bring them back