Social justice

Labour’s disability benefits bill is supposed to help people into work – but the jobs aren’t there
Disability Benefits

Labour’s disability benefits bill is supposed to help people into work – but the jobs aren’t there

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

I worked with young offenders for years – positive role models could have changed everything for them
Jason Bryan

I worked with young offenders for years – positive role models could have changed everything for them

A short history of film, social realism and raw talent
Film

A short history of film, social realism and raw talent

We have an historic opportunity to stop setting women in prison up to fail. We cannot miss it
Sonya Ruparel

We have an historic opportunity to stop setting women in prison up to fail. We cannot miss it

‘This place is a vital force for good’: An off-grid community’s desperate fight to save their home
Community

‘This place is a vital force for good’: An off-grid community’s desperate fight to save their home

This new play uses rap to tell the story of people in prison for crimes they didn’t commit
Evie Manning

This new play uses rap to tell the story of people in prison for crimes they didn’t commit

Five things we learned from Pope Francis’ candid and historic Big Issue interview
Pope Francis

Five things we learned from Pope Francis’ candid and historic Big Issue interview

Disabled and mentally ill people feel ‘broken and without hope’ over Labour’s plans for benefits
Readers' views

Disabled and mentally ill people feel ‘broken and without hope’ over Labour’s plans for benefits

The UN’s damning verdict on UK poverty must inspire us to force change
Jen Clark

The UN’s damning verdict on UK poverty must inspire us to force change

Grenfell fire families face 10-year wait to see changes and reforms fully implemented
Grenfell

Grenfell fire families face 10-year wait to see changes and reforms fully implemented

Nearly one million older people in the UK could face water poverty by 2029. We need change
Andy Slaughter MP

Nearly one million older people in the UK could face water poverty by 2029. We need change

11 ways to spread kindness without spending money
Random Acts of Kindness Day

11 ways to spread kindness without spending money

Liz Kendall blasted for ‘fuelling fear’ after saying benefits claimants are ‘taking the mickey’
Benefits

Liz Kendall blasted for ‘fuelling fear’ after saying benefits claimants are ‘taking the mickey’

Inside the plan to give free cash to homeless people in Manchester: ‘It’s time to try something new’
Universal basic income

Inside the plan to give free cash to homeless people in Manchester: ‘It’s time to try something new’

Inside the Big Issue: Top 100 Changemakers of 2025
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Top 100 Changemakers of 2025

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Starmer wants to ‘mainline’ AI into the UK’s ‘veins’. Here are the opportunities – and the risks
Artificial Intelligence

Starmer wants to ‘mainline’ AI into the UK’s ‘veins’. Here are the opportunities – and the risks

Meet the ‘activist lawyer’ who fought for justice for a toddler who died from damp and mould
Awaab's law

Meet the ‘activist lawyer’ who fought for justice for a toddler who died from damp and mould

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell
ENERGY BILLS

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell

This is how racism pushes people into homelessness: ‘I’d have been treated differently if I was white’
Homelessness

This is how racism pushes people into homelessness: ‘I’d have been treated differently if I was white’