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Why Starmer's cuts to UK aid budget will hurt both at home and abroad
Department for International Development workers delivering UK aid
Khusbu Patel

Why Starmer's cuts to UK aid budget will hurt both at home and abroad

Cutting the UK's foreign aid spending will cost lives and make costlier military interventions more likely in the future, International Rescue Committee UK's Khusbu Patel argues
The idea of running off to a remote island is really appealing right now
Paul McNamee

The idea of running off to a remote island is really appealing right now

Here's how Labour can work with NIMBYs to fulfil its 1.5m homes promise
Housing in the UK
Liz Williams

Here's how Labour can work with NIMBYs to fulfil its 1.5m homes promise

I went to Leicester to punch melons and tomatoes for science. No, seriously
Robin Ince

I went to Leicester to punch melons and tomatoes for science. No, seriously

No, Gen Z don't want the UK to be ruled by a dictator
Bobby Duffy

No, Gen Z don't want the UK to be ruled by a dictator

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali: 'We must take difficult decisions now to get back on track'
homelessness minister Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali

Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali: 'We must take difficult decisions now to get back on track'

As progress marches on, young LGBT+ people need help to avoid being left behind
Laura Mackay

As progress marches on, young LGBT+ people need help to avoid being left behind

Jane Austen has become my shelter against a confusing world
John Bird

Jane Austen has become my shelter against a confusing world

We'll never solve the NHS beds crisis until we fix care and housing provision
Findlay MacAlpine

We'll never solve the NHS beds crisis until we fix care and housing provision

Reform UK's climate denialism could devastate the very towns and cities they want to represent
Nigel Farage giving a speech
David Laister

Reform UK's climate denialism could devastate the very towns and cities they want to represent

Green MP Ellie Chowns: 'Half measures will no longer suffice – we need bold solutions to poverty'
Ellie Chowns

Green MP Ellie Chowns: 'Half measures will no longer suffice – we need bold solutions to poverty'

Climate change is keeping food from our plates. It's time for big business to step up
Paul McNamee

Climate change is keeping food from our plates. It's time for big business to step up

No recourse to public funds traps families like mine in poverty. It's time the government ended it
praxis no recourse to public funds group. image of campaigners
Uche

No recourse to public funds traps families like mine in poverty. It's time the government ended it

Energy bills being more than £1,700 a year is not normal – we need government intervention
Prime minister Keir Starmer, chancellor Rachel Reeves and secretary for energy security and net zero Ed Miliband. Image: Simon Dawson/ No 10 Downing Street/ Flickr
Matt Copeland

Energy bills being more than £1,700 a year is not normal – we need government intervention

How ChatGPT and AI changed the conversation on universal basic income
ChatGPT
Alison Hawdale

How ChatGPT and AI changed the conversation on universal basic income

I'm gay and a West Ham fan – this is how football has changed for people like me
Jo Bailey

I'm gay and a West Ham fan – this is how football has changed for people like me

Amandaland skewers parenting with uncanny accuracy – it should come with a trigger warning
Lucy Sweet

Amandaland skewers parenting with uncanny accuracy – it should come with a trigger warning

MS has left me virtually housebound – I fear what disability benefit reforms mean for my future
Charlotte Wright who is living with multiple sclerosis
Charlotte Wright

MS has left me virtually housebound – I fear what disability benefit reforms mean for my future

Gaslighting the public: How the energy industry is profiting from our pain as bills are set to go up
gas hob
Simon Francis

Gaslighting the public: How the energy industry is profiting from our pain as bills are set to go up

Ban on puberty blockers is unjust – but young trans people can endure and thrive despite it
LGBTQ+ rights protest
Cleo Madeleine

Ban on puberty blockers is unjust – but young trans people can endure and thrive despite it

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

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
UK immigration policy is stuck in a race to the bottom – with human traffickers the only winners
Lucila Granada

UK immigration policy is stuck in a race to the bottom – with human traffickers the only winners

How Clement Attlee's best intentions led to the problems we face today
John Bird

How Clement Attlee's best intentions led to the problems we face today

Why would billionaires end world hunger when they can buy the fountain of youth?
Paul McNamee

Why would billionaires end world hunger when they can buy the fountain of youth?

Sam Kerr's arrest highlights the white supremacy, racism and misogyny of British policing 
Amanda Porter

Sam Kerr's arrest highlights the white supremacy, racism and misogyny of British policing 

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