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A penny off pints and higher wages: What Rachel Reeves’ budget means for you and your bank account
Autumn budget

A penny off pints and higher wages: What Rachel Reeves’ budget means for you and your bank account

From inheritance tax, through to carers, smokers, and pint-drinkers, Big Issue has been through the detail to tell you exactly what Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget will mean for you

‘We’re not diesel monsters’: Meet the London cabbies going electric to help fight climate change
Climate change

‘We’re not diesel monsters’: Meet the London cabbies going electric to help fight climate change

London cabbies are embracing electric vehicles to combat climate change. This is how they’re making a difference

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

Fuel duty freezes have put £13 a month into the pockets of the average household at a cumulative cost of at least £80bn. It’s time to reverse away from locking in car dependency, argues IPPR’s Stephen Frost

The Routemaster bus is 70 – but its enduring appeal is timeless
Transport

The Routemaster bus is 70 – but its enduring appeal is timeless

Millions of Brits ‘locked out’ of cycling due to complete lack of bike parking, report finds
Cycling

Millions of Brits ‘locked out’ of cycling due to complete lack of bike parking, report finds

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Fury as train operators cut railcard discount despite sky-high ticket prices: ‘It’s demoralising’
Transport

Fury as train operators cut railcard discount despite sky-high ticket prices: ‘It’s demoralising’

Scottish government ends free bus travel for asylum seekers: ‘Disappointing and devastating’
Social Justice

Scottish government ends free bus travel for asylum seekers: ‘Disappointing and devastating’

Remembering when motorway service stations were a destination in themselves
Transport

Remembering when motorway service stations were a destination in themselves

Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour’s first King’s Speech
King's Speech

Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour’s first King’s Speech

Electric vehicle charge points to become centre of new privatisation row – unless Labour steps in
Sophie Flinders

Electric vehicle charge points to become centre of new privatisation row – unless Labour steps in

UK’s top 0.1% earners emit 22 times more transport greenhouse gases than low income households
Climate change

UK’s top 0.1% earners emit 22 times more transport greenhouse gases than low income households

Train strikes: Rail passengers weigh in as Aslef drivers ‘grind services to a halt’
train strikes

Train strikes: Rail passengers weigh in as Aslef drivers ‘grind services to a halt’

Will Labour’s plan to renationalise rail really work? And will it make train tickets cheaper?
Transport

Will Labour’s plan to renationalise rail really work? And will it make train tickets cheaper?

Axed bus routes, congested trains and broken promises: Is Leeds the UK’s worst-connected city?
Transport

Axed bus routes, congested trains and broken promises: Is Leeds the UK’s worst-connected city?

Real reason your train was cancelled at last minute, revealed
Transport

Real reason your train was cancelled at last minute, revealed

Why you’ve nothing to fear from 15-minute cities despite Tory scaremongering
15-minute cities

Why you’ve nothing to fear from 15-minute cities despite Tory scaremongering

Everything you need to know about London’s Ulez scrappage scheme
Ulez

Everything you need to know about London’s Ulez scrappage scheme

Help us find Britain’s most expensive train tickets
Activism

Help us find Britain’s most expensive train tickets

Ulez expansion will leave Londoners stranded
Letters

Ulez expansion will leave Londoners stranded

New drivers under 25 could be banned from giving their mates a lift
Road safety

New drivers under 25 could be banned from giving their mates a lift

Is it time to ban private jets?
Climate change

Is it time to ban private jets?

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In pictures: What does a car-free city look like?
Environment

In pictures: What does a car-free city look like?

Scotland aims to cut car use by creating ’20-minute neighbourhoods’ in net zero push
Pollution

Scotland aims to cut car use by creating ’20-minute neighbourhoods’ in net zero push

When are the train strikes in January 2023 and why are they still happening?
Train strikes

When are the train strikes in January 2023 and why are they still happening?

‘Answer the question’: Transport secretary grilled over reports government ‘scuppered deal’ with rail union
Train strikes

‘Answer the question’: Transport secretary grilled over reports government ‘scuppered deal’ with rail union