Politics

Will Andy Burnham introduce rent controls as prime minister?
renters from ACORN and London Renters Union storm the stage at the National Landlord Investment Show to demand rent controls
Housing

Will Andy Burnham introduce rent controls as prime minister?

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has joined campaigners in calling on Burnham to address 'spiralling rents'
Andy Burnham's council house revolution only works if we build homes fit to withstand the heat
a UK home in the sun
Emma Howard Boyd

Andy Burnham's council house revolution only works if we build homes fit to withstand the heat

The long, hot summer of 1976 changed Britain. What can we learn from it 50 years later?
Brighton beach in June 1976
Books

The long, hot summer of 1976 changed Britain. What can we learn from it 50 years later?

YouTuber JimmyTheGiant: 'Forget right or left, it's people who own things and people who don’t'
Politics

YouTuber JimmyTheGiant: 'Forget right or left, it's people who own things and people who don’t'

'Politics is the youth centre that keeps its doors open’
Dr Louisa Munch

'Politics is the youth centre that keeps its doors open’

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Hyphen: Why I sing punk songs about the wealth tax and economics in tiny shorts
Music

Hyphen: Why I sing punk songs about the wealth tax and economics in tiny shorts

How conspiracy theories around JFK fueled the paranoia of US politics today
Downtown Dallas on the day of the JFK Assassination
Books

How conspiracy theories around JFK fueled the paranoia of US politics today

Why Britain's next prime minister must tax billionaire wealth now. Democracy is on the line
Gabriel Zucman
Gabriel Zucman

Why Britain's next prime minister must tax billionaire wealth now. Democracy is on the line

Cost of housing homeless families could stop councils delivering on Andy Burnham housebuilding plans
Andy Burnham and Keir Starmer meet school children in Manchester
Housing

Cost of housing homeless families could stop councils delivering on Andy Burnham housebuilding plans

Angela Rayner: ‘Westminster’s one-size-fits-all approach won’t fix homelessness'
Angela Rayner
Politics

Angela Rayner: ‘Westminster’s one-size-fits-all approach won’t fix homelessness'

How the Madman Theory links Trump and Nixon
America at 250

How the Madman Theory links Trump and Nixon

Podcasters, comics and cowboys: 25 Americans discuss the state of the USA on its 250th anniversary
America 250

Podcasters, comics and cowboys: 25 Americans discuss the state of the USA on its 250th anniversary

The moment I realised that Americans were taking Trump seriously
Steven MacKenzie

The moment I realised that Americans were taking Trump seriously

Andy Burnham's approach to housing could put him on a collision course with Donald Trump
Andy Burnham delivering a speech in Manchester
Housing

Andy Burnham's approach to housing could put him on a collision course with Donald Trump

No prime minister has ever lived up to their promises. Can Andy Burnham break the mould?
John Bird

No prime minister has ever lived up to their promises. Can Andy Burnham break the mould?

'It feels like, as a country, we've shot ourselves in the foot with Brexit'
Maxïmo Park's Paul Smith
Brexit

'It feels like, as a country, we've shot ourselves in the foot with Brexit'

Boston is the most pro-Brexit town in the UK. What has leaving the EU changed? 'They got nothing'
A street in Boston in Lincolnshire
Brexit

Boston is the most pro-Brexit town in the UK. What has leaving the EU changed? 'They got nothing'

Andy Burnham is a southern-blessed northerner. He could continue Oxbridge's grip on Downing Street
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham
John Bird

Andy Burnham is a southern-blessed northerner. He could continue Oxbridge's grip on Downing Street

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham's Britain would look like
Andy Burnham with Big Issue vendor Colin
Politics

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham's Britain would look like

Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: 'What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?'
Lord John Bird in the House of Lords
Housing

Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: 'What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?'

Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?
a homeless person on the street
Criminal justice

Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Zack Polanski says 7p carrots are too cheap. But is it hurting farmers or addressing food poverty?
Zack Polanski
Farming

Zack Polanski says 7p carrots are too cheap. But is it hurting farmers or addressing food poverty?

Poverty is still the elephant in most rooms of government. But do they take it seriously?
Henry VIII
John Bird

Poverty is still the elephant in most rooms of government. But do they take it seriously?

‘No one experiencing homelessness should feel locked out of our democracy’
a polling station sign
Politics

‘No one experiencing homelessness should feel locked out of our democracy’

Michael Palin: 'There are moments where you feel a unity in the world. That’s what keeps me going'
Books

Michael Palin: 'There are moments where you feel a unity in the world. That’s what keeps me going'