Opinion

This is how it feels to be a disabled woman desexualised by the world
Lucy Webster

This is how it feels to be a disabled woman desexualised by the world

In her book, The View From Down Here, Lucy Webster argues that for disabled women, there is an additional battle to be seen as women at all. In this extract, she looks at the role of desexualisation in this denial of gender identity
Here's how Rachel Reeves can help end the 'moral stain' of homelessness in the autumn budget
rachel reeves making a speech
Matt Downie

Here's how Rachel Reeves can help end the 'moral stain' of homelessness in the autumn budget

The Celebrity Traitors has been so good it might have ruined telly for me
Lucy Sweet

The Celebrity Traitors has been so good it might have ruined telly for me

Politics needs someone tough to sort out the mess. Louise Casey is just the person for the job
John Bird

Politics needs someone tough to sort out the mess. Louise Casey is just the person for the job

I'm a trans care leaver. Finding love and acceptance as my true self was the best feeling in the world
Jack Smith

I'm a trans care leaver. Finding love and acceptance as my true self was the best feeling in the world

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Don't listen to JP Morgan. Britain's benefits system is dire 
Naomi McAuliffe

Don't listen to JP Morgan. Britain's benefits system is dire 

We cannot continue letting billionaires keep the world's money while the poorest suffer
Billionaire Jeff Bezos, the owner of Amazon. I
Adriana Abdenur

We cannot continue letting billionaires keep the world's money while the poorest suffer

What if the same science that takes us to space holds the key to saving our planet?
Susan Lim

What if the same science that takes us to space holds the key to saving our planet?

What Keir Starmer can learn from Ruben Amorim
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim at a press conference in 2024
Paul McNamee

What Keir Starmer can learn from Ruben Amorim

Letters: AI can't replace the human ability to interpret, judge or care
Letters

Letters: AI can't replace the human ability to interpret, judge or care

How trust could transform Britain's broken benefits system
Pat McFadden, work and pensions secretary. Image: House of Commons/ Flickr
Lucy Bannister

How trust could transform Britain's broken benefits system

I asked ChatGPT to rate my life choices. I didn't like what it told me
Sam Delaney

I asked ChatGPT to rate my life choices. I didn't like what it told me

Housing asylum seekers in military camps is an expensive mistake – and the Home Office knows it
asylum seekers at former military barracks
Julia Savage

Housing asylum seekers in military camps is an expensive mistake – and the Home Office knows it

Lack of post-18 kinship care support has almost driven me back into homelessness
Former child in kinship care turned campaigner Honey Alma
Honey Alma

Lack of post-18 kinship care support has almost driven me back into homelessness

Inside the 10-year battle to change the law and help renters feel secure in their homes
Renters Reform Bill campaigners call for the end of no-fault evictions
Dan Wilson Craw

Inside the 10-year battle to change the law and help renters feel secure in their homes

Jimmy Fallon adored his dog. His tribute to her speaks to all dog people everywhere
Paul McNamee

Jimmy Fallon adored his dog. His tribute to her speaks to all dog people everywhere

Letters: I'd be happy to pay a bit more tax if it fixed the country
Letters

Letters: I'd be happy to pay a bit more tax if it fixed the country

Awaab's Law is about more than damp and mould – it’s about what kind of country we want to be
Awaab's Law lawyer Christian Weaver
Christian Weaver

Awaab's Law is about more than damp and mould – it’s about what kind of country we want to be

I've worked on the frontline making social housing repairs – Awaab's Law must bring real change
damp and mould
Joe Carpenter

I've worked on the frontline making social housing repairs – Awaab's Law must bring real change

Gaza's children need more than a ceasefire. We need to give them hope for a safe future
Children in a camp for displaced people in the northern Gaza Strip.
Helen Pattinson

Gaza's children need more than a ceasefire. We need to give them hope for a safe future

UK faces another Post Office Horizon scandal unless plans to snoop on benefit claimants are stopped
Jasleen Chaggar

UK faces another Post Office Horizon scandal unless plans to snoop on benefit claimants are stopped

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Here's why we need to fight for Britain's right to roam
Leah Gordon

Here's why we need to fight for Britain's right to roam

If Prince Andrew didn't pay rent on the Royal Lodge for 20 years, why wasn't he evicted?
Disgraced royal Prince Andrew looking at a statue
Jacob Gifford Head

If Prince Andrew didn't pay rent on the Royal Lodge for 20 years, why wasn't he evicted?

Why British sauna culture is picking up steam
Health

Why British sauna culture is picking up steam

Cold homes are costing lives. Labour's warm homes plan must deliver on its promise
winter heating payment
Andria Mastroianni and Matt Copeland

Cold homes are costing lives. Labour's warm homes plan must deliver on its promise