Poverty

‘Everyone wants a job and it’s a nightmare’: What it’s like to be a NEET young person in Britain
Youth unemployment

‘Everyone wants a job and it’s a nightmare’: What it’s like to be a NEET young person in Britain

Why Downing Street needs a new name if it is going to properly repair the fabric of society
John bird

Why Downing Street needs a new name if it is going to properly repair the fabric of society

‘I’m a single mum. Summer school holidays mean a bigger food bill’
Food

‘I’m a single mum. Summer school holidays mean a bigger food bill’

‘I shed many tears, with no one to talk to, about my financial worries. It’s no life’
Experian

‘I shed many tears, with no one to talk to, about my financial worries. It’s no life’

Family holidays should be something everyone can afford, but too many of us go without
Opinion

Family holidays should be something everyone can afford, but too many of us go without

Why do people live 14 years longer at one end of Leeds’ famous Otley Run pub crawl than the other?
Health inequality

Why do people live 14 years longer at one end of Leeds’ famous Otley Run pub crawl than the other?

If food prices had risen like rents since 1988, a block of cheese would cost £20
food

If food prices had risen like rents since 1988, a block of cheese would cost £20

‘Andy Burnham is right to make ending rough sleeping his first priority. Now comes the hard part’
Paula Barker

‘Andy Burnham is right to make ending rough sleeping his first priority. Now comes the hard part’

‘We need to tax the rich, not the working class’
Letters

‘We need to tax the rich, not the working class’

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham’s Britain will look like
Politics

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham’s Britain will look like

Angela Rayner meets John Bird: ‘We’re blaming people for their poverty. And it’s not their fault’
In conversation

Angela Rayner meets John Bird: ‘We’re blaming people for their poverty. And it’s not their fault’

‘Mummy, are we homeless?’: I’m a single parent and it’s locking me out of the housing market
Ruth Talbot

‘Mummy, are we homeless?’: I’m a single parent and it’s locking me out of the housing market

Why Britain’s next prime minister must tax billionaire wealth now. Democracy is on the line
Gabriel Zucman

Why Britain’s next prime minister must tax billionaire wealth now. Democracy is on the line

Poverty premium: Why it costs £736 a year more to be poor
poverty premium

Poverty premium: Why it costs £736 a year more to be poor

Inside the Big Issue: Gary says wealth tax
Gary Stevenson

Inside the Big Issue: Gary says wealth tax

Fancy spending a heatwave in a former office block? That’s the reality for thousands of families
heatwave

Fancy spending a heatwave in a former office block? That’s the reality for thousands of families

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North of England hit hardest by ‘children’s mental health crisis’ as funding gaps widen
Social Justice

North of England hit hardest by ‘children’s mental health crisis’ as funding gaps widen

Baby banks are becoming ‘as normalised as food banks’ as 1,000 children a day need support
Baby banks

Baby banks are becoming ‘as normalised as food banks’ as 1,000 children a day need support

Why you cannot fix the shoplifting crisis without addressing homelessness and addiction
Antonia May Cross

Why you cannot fix the shoplifting crisis without addressing homelessness and addiction

UK workers are facing the same problems across the country. We should join together to fight them
Carolyn Hayman

UK workers are facing the same problems across the country. We should join together to fight them