health and wellbeing

Disabled people faced a politically tumultuous 2025. What does next year have in store?
Disabled sign
Mikey Erhardt

Disabled people faced a politically tumultuous 2025. What does next year have in store?

Mikey Erhardt, of Disability Rights UK, writes about what must change in politics to build disabled people's trust in 2026
Education secretary Bridget Phillipson: 'A child's background won't determine their future'
education secretary Bridget Phillipson meets children at a breakfast club
Child poverty

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson: 'A child's background won't determine their future'

New archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally: 'Let's keep kindness going after Christmas'
Sarah Mullally

New archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally: 'Let's keep kindness going after Christmas'

Arsenal star Emily Fox on a year of progress in women's football: 'What does women's football not give you?'
Women's football

Arsenal star Emily Fox on a year of progress in women's football: 'What does women's football not give you?'

Clara Amfo shares tips to make Christmas feel calmer and brighter when you're not feeling festive
Clara Amfo

Clara Amfo shares tips to make Christmas feel calmer and brighter when you're not feeling festive

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
I'm a mother of children with disabilities. My local support group gave me a chance to breathe
Michelle Keen and her son George.
Michelle Keen

I'm a mother of children with disabilities. My local support group gave me a chance to breathe

Meet Holly, who's spending her first Christmas outside hospital in years: 'Things do get better'
Mental health

Meet Holly, who's spending her first Christmas outside hospital in years: 'Things do get better'

I dreaded turning 18 as a care leaver. There is a cliff-edge which leaves us without support
Alfie-James Waring
Alfie-James Waring

I dreaded turning 18 as a care leaver. There is a cliff-edge which leaves us without support

Tottenham Hotspur legend Micky Hazard on losing his nephew to suicide: 'We need people to listen'
Former player Micky Hazard at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Image: Tottenham Hotspur FC/Shutterstock
Mental health

Tottenham Hotspur legend Micky Hazard on losing his nephew to suicide: 'We need people to listen'

The Employment Rights Bill is a moment to celebrate – but the work is not done
Ross Barrett

The Employment Rights Bill is a moment to celebrate – but the work is not done

Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year
Christmas dinner
Christmas

Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year

I met Moflin, the AI pet. Could it help fight loneliness or is it a sign of a dystopian future?
someone stroking moflin
Artificial intelligence

I met Moflin, the AI pet. Could it help fight loneliness or is it a sign of a dystopian future?

Labour's child poverty strategy is a real step forward, but it can't be the last word
Keir Starmer at a children's centre as the government laid out its plan to reduce child poverty.
Scott Compton

Labour's child poverty strategy is a real step forward, but it can't be the last word

Targeting people with mental health conditions will not fix the welfare system
Chancellor Rachel Reeves and secretary of state for health and social care Wes Streeting.
Arun Veerappan

Targeting people with mental health conditions will not fix the welfare system

I was diagnosed with autism and ADHD at 52 – now I want to make the road easier for others like me
Photos of author Isobel Lepist, one as a child and one now
Isobel Lepist

I was diagnosed with autism and ADHD at 52 – now I want to make the road easier for others like me

As the world tears itself apart, music can remind us what coherence and belonging feels like
Doe Paoro

As the world tears itself apart, music can remind us what coherence and belonging feels like

From family time to robot dogs: Children share hilarious and heartbreaking Christmas wishes
Little boy puts a decoration on a Christmas tree
Christmas

From family time to robot dogs: Children share hilarious and heartbreaking Christmas wishes

Why I'm proud of myself for not buying a pair of corduroy trousers
Sam Delaney

Why I'm proud of myself for not buying a pair of corduroy trousers

Joe Wicks shares his top tips for keeping kids active over Christmas 
Fitness

Joe Wicks shares his top tips for keeping kids active over Christmas 

Comedian Suzi Ruffell: 'Laughter is a wonderful thing. It helps us see each other's humanity'
Suzi Ruffell at the Spread a Smile Comedy evening at the Comedy Store in 2025. Image: Suzan Angela Moore
Christmas

Comedian Suzi Ruffell: 'Laughter is a wonderful thing. It helps us see each other's humanity'

Minister pressed on universal credit and child poverty targets as Labour reveals youth strategy
Young people

Minister pressed on universal credit and child poverty targets as Labour reveals youth strategy

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Labour reveals national youth strategy with vow to give every young person 'something meaningful to do'
Young people

Labour reveals national youth strategy with vow to give every young person 'something meaningful to do'

Every child deserves the chance to dream, learn and play – without poverty holding them back
A group of children sitting on a bench together.
Lynn Perry

Every child deserves the chance to dream, learn and play – without poverty holding them back

Why Wes Streeting is wrong about autism and ADHD 'over-diagnosis'
Chancellor Rachel Reeves and secretary of state for health and social care Wes Streeting.
Rowan Humphries-Massey

Why Wes Streeting is wrong about autism and ADHD 'over-diagnosis'

'I’m praying': From hope to fear, here’s how parents feel about the new child poverty strategy
child in waterproof jacket
Child poverty strategy

'I’m praying': From hope to fear, here’s how parents feel about the new child poverty strategy