Politics

A Community Right to Buy is a first step to building a better Britain up from the streets
Joe Fortune

A Community Right to Buy is a first step to building a better Britain up from the streets

People want thriving local areas and UK politics has treated local areas as an afterthought. The new English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill is a step towards political system that actively seeks to build back community power, writes the Co-operative Party general secretary Joe Fortune

Meet the furious Gen Z protesters who want the super-rich to pay their fair share: ‘We have a voice’
Protest

Meet the furious Gen Z protesters who want the super-rich to pay their fair share: ‘We have a voice’

Big Issue joined Green New Deal Rising for a National Day of Protest. Here are dispatches from three of their demonstrations against rising inequality

MPs vote to make Labour’s ‘reckless’ benefits bill into law – despite disabled people’s fears. Now what?
Disability benefits

MPs vote to make Labour’s ‘reckless’ benefits bill into law – despite disabled people’s fears. Now what?

Despite major concessions and welcome measures to alleviate poverty, there remain concerns around the cuts to the health element of universal credit and the future of the personal independence payment (PIP)

Frenetic, angry and urgent: Kneecap show they’ve no intention of shutting up during Glasgow show
Kneecap

Frenetic, angry and urgent: Kneecap show they’ve no intention of shutting up during Glasgow show

What Starmer could learn from watching The Bear
Paul McNamee

What Starmer could learn from watching The Bear

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The simple reason Nigel Farage has seemingly had a change of heart on benefits
Two-child benefit cap

The simple reason Nigel Farage has seemingly had a change of heart on benefits

The history of Oasis, through five iconic Big Issue interviews: ‘Liam’s an idiot… But he’s my idiot’
Oasis

The history of Oasis, through five iconic Big Issue interviews: ‘Liam’s an idiot… But he’s my idiot’

Why we need more migrants in political office
Lara Parizotto

Why we need more migrants in political office

A year of Labour: How has the Starmer government fared in helping people out of debt?
Vikki Brownridge

A year of Labour: How has the Starmer government fared in helping people out of debt?

Labour should take a leaf out of Zohran Mamdani’s book and give young people something to vote for
Banseka Kayembe

Labour should take a leaf out of Zohran Mamdani’s book and give young people something to vote for

Will fixing the NHS be enough to save Starmer’s government? Maybe. But only on one condition
NHS

Will fixing the NHS be enough to save Starmer’s government? Maybe. But only on one condition

The NHS is facing an existential crisis. Can Labour’s 10-year plan really save it?
NHS

The NHS is facing an existential crisis. Can Labour’s 10-year plan really save it?

PIP cuts are paused after ‘shambolic’ series of U-turns – but is it enough to rebuild trust in Labour?
Disability benefits

PIP cuts are paused after ‘shambolic’ series of U-turns – but is it enough to rebuild trust in Labour?

How did Keir Starmer end up in such a mess over benefit cuts?
Disability benefits

How did Keir Starmer end up in such a mess over benefit cuts?

Disability benefit cuts violate human rights even with concessions, MPs warned ahead of vote
Disability benefits

Disability benefit cuts violate human rights even with concessions, MPs warned ahead of vote

Tory MP Robert Jenrick says mass migration to blame for rising rents. Here’s what he’s not telling you
RENTING

Tory MP Robert Jenrick says mass migration to blame for rising rents. Here’s what he’s not telling you

Letters: None of what Labour is doing is perfect – but it’s better than what went before
Letters

Letters: None of what Labour is doing is perfect – but it’s better than what went before

Wales wants to be anti-racist by 2030. But it won’t happen until Gypsies and Travellers get justice
Community

Wales wants to be anti-racist by 2030. But it won’t happen until Gypsies and Travellers get justice

School standards minister: ‘We want to change it so nobody has to fight for their education’
Onside takeover

School standards minister: ‘We want to change it so nobody has to fight for their education’

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

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?

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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?

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