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

‘If you don’t get this right, people will lose faith in the NHS model as it currently exists’
Over 10 times more women sleeping rough than official stats suggest, report says
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Rough sleeping

Over 10 times more women sleeping rough than official stats suggest, report says

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

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

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Mental health patients find it ‘impossible to get help’ amid Manchester care crisis: ‘It makes you ill’
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Mental health patients find it ‘impossible to get help’ amid Manchester care crisis: ‘It makes you ill’

Is a four-day working week inevitable? Latest UK pilot sees 100% success rate
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Is a four-day working week inevitable? Latest UK pilot sees 100% success rate

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

Oasis songs speak to people in a way other artists only dream of
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Oasis songs speak to people in a way other artists only dream of

From legendary rock to the raves of tomorrow: This is the ultimate guide to 2025’s best music festivals
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From legendary rock to the raves of tomorrow: This is the ultimate guide to 2025’s best music festivals

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How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
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How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?

DWP payment dates in June 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
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DWP payment dates in June 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the half term
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Cost of living crisis

33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the half term

Energy bills are rising this April. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?
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Energy bills are rising this April. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?

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Donna Llewelyn, Greggs, near Church Street, Cardiff

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Brian, Edna’s Kitchen, Bristol

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Dean Porter, Notting Hill Farmers’ Market, (Saturday), High St Kensington Farmers’ Market (Sunday)

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Justin Fisher, Tesco Express, Weston, Bath

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A View, From a Bridge is the social media sensation where strangers reveal all on an old, red phone
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A View, From a Bridge is the social media sensation where strangers reveal all on an old, red phone

Letters: Landlords should be made illegal to fix the housing market
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Letters: Landlords should be made illegal to fix the housing market

Letters: Reform getting in will cause a lot of civil disruption
Letters

Letters: Reform getting in will cause a lot of civil disruption

Meet the ex-Big Issue vendor who went from homelessness to giving Prince William a tour of Aberdeen
Prince WIlliam is given a tour of Aberdeen by former Big Issue vendor Angus
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Meet the ex-Big Issue vendor who went from homelessness to giving Prince William a tour of Aberdeen

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MPs must vote down Labour’s benefits cuts – the health of the nation is at stake
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Mikey Erhardt

MPs must vote down Labour’s benefits cuts – the health of the nation is at stake

Delivery bikes outside hotels prove only one thing: The ban on work for asylum seekers must be lifted
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Nathan Philips

Delivery bikes outside hotels prove only one thing: The ban on work for asylum seekers must be lifted

Oasis songs speak to people in a way other artists only dream of
Paul McNamee

Oasis songs speak to people in a way other artists only dream of

Life is more sparkly having a sister with Down’s syndrome
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Emily Potter and Sophie Potter

Life is more sparkly having a sister with Down’s syndrome

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Should Jurassic World be allowed to go extinct?

Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson’s 100th birthday is a chance to reinstate his legacy
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Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson’s 100th birthday is a chance to reinstate his legacy

Letter To My Younger Self

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Letter To My Younger Self

Cricket legend James Anderson: ‘It doesn’t get better than winning the Ashes in Australia’

Cynthia Erivo: ‘The moment I came out as queer, that’s when everything made sense’
Letter To My Younger Self

Cynthia Erivo: ‘The moment I came out as queer, that’s when everything made sense’

Ex-England star Alex Scott: ‘I went from playing football on my council estate to World Cups’
Letter to my younger self

Ex-England star Alex Scott: ‘I went from playing football on my council estate to World Cups’

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: ‘My first political meeting was being dragged to a Tory disco’
Letter To My Younger Self

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: ‘My first political meeting was being dragged to a Tory disco’

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‘Explain to me why I’m homeless’: Rough sleeper’s rage tells us a lot about what’s keeping people homeless

‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’
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Food banks

‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’

Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: ‘I can’t make it make sense’
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Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: ‘I can’t make it make sense’

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‘It’s devastating’: UK’s biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests

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

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

Mental health patients find it ‘impossible to get help’ amid Manchester care crisis: ‘It makes you ill’
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Mental health patients find it ‘impossible to get help’ amid Manchester care crisis: ‘It makes you ill’

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

‘I’m seen as trouble for wearing a tracksuit’: Young people share why they wear the clothes they wear
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Big Issue's Oasis collectors edition covers. Photography by Kevin Cummins
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Team Noel or Team Liam? Choose a brother to back when you buy our Oasis special collector’s edition

These pioneers are plugging the gaps in youth support – with help from Big Issue Invest
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These pioneers are plugging the gaps in youth support – with help from Big Issue Invest

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Inside the Big Issue: Youth Team Takeover!

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Over 5,500 young lives transformed by Big Issue Invest’s £1.25 million investment in world’s first sports-based social outcomes partnership

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