Politics

Has Starmer been naughty or nice? Here's Matt Chorley's gift guide for politicians this Christmas
Christmas

Has Starmer been naughty or nice? Here's Matt Chorley's gift guide for politicians this Christmas

What to get for the beleaguered politician who has it all?
Labour's veterans minister: How we're tackling the 'national shame' of veteran homelessness
Louise Sandher-Jones
Louise Sandher-Jones

Labour's veterans minister: How we're tackling the 'national shame' of veteran homelessness

The real reason why Trump is suing the BBC, explained: 'A war on any media that dares to criticise'
Media

The real reason why Trump is suing the BBC, explained: 'A war on any media that dares to criticise'

Nicola Sturgeon: 'Scotland will definitely be independent much sooner than it feels right now'
Letter to my Younger Self

Nicola Sturgeon: 'Scotland will definitely be independent much sooner than it feels right now'

Labour's youth strategy is very promising – but it must be consistent and well-funded
Laura Brewis

Labour's youth strategy is very promising – but it must be consistent and well-funded

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Labour's £9.1bn inheritance tax raid is a missed opportunity to break the cycle of deprivation
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Gavin Oldham

Labour's £9.1bn inheritance tax raid is a missed opportunity to break the cycle of deprivation

UK asylum system delays and inefficiencies found to be 'wasting public funds' and 'harming lives'
Habib from Afghanistan explained that people are only crossing the Channel in small boats because they're desperate
Asylum seekers

UK asylum system delays and inefficiencies found to be 'wasting public funds' and 'harming lives'

The Museum of Austerity exhibition brings home the human cost of benefit cuts – MPs need to see it
Austerity

The Museum of Austerity exhibition brings home the human cost of benefit cuts – MPs need to see it

I love to paint, but it can't cut me off from the world entirely
John Bird

I love to paint, but it can't cut me off from the world entirely

What lessons do Sadiq Khan's free school meals have for Labour as two-child benefit cap ends?
Sadiq Khan serves dinner
Child poverty

What lessons do Sadiq Khan's free school meals have for Labour as two-child benefit cap ends?

Inside the Big Issue: Santa's good boys and girls
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Santa's good boys and girls

Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern: 'Door-knocking for politics is easier than door-knocking for God'
Letter to my younger self

Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern: 'Door-knocking for politics is easier than door-knocking for God'

Africa's first G20 must put debt justice at the heart of the inequality agenda
Keir Starmer arrives in South Africa ahead of the G20 summit.
Attiya Waris

Africa's first G20 must put debt justice at the heart of the inequality agenda

Keir Starmer writes for Big Issue: 'It's about time we rebalanced the system to give renters more power'
Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer writes for Big Issue: 'It's about time we rebalanced the system to give renters more power'

Millionaires tell Rachel Reeves: Tax us more or lose to Reform in the next election
Wealth tax

Millionaires tell Rachel Reeves: Tax us more or lose to Reform in the next election

Millions of Brits can't afford to buy enough food. How do we feed a hungry nation?
Food

Millions of Brits can't afford to buy enough food. How do we feed a hungry nation?

After growing up in poverty, I know the anger 4.5 million children must feel
Georgia Sullivan

After growing up in poverty, I know the anger 4.5 million children must feel

'A moral imperative': Starmer faces pressure to confirm cash to stop veteran homelessness
Veterans

'A moral imperative': Starmer faces pressure to confirm cash to stop veteran homelessness

Overwhelming majority of Brits say the country feels divided
Culture wars

Overwhelming majority of Brits say the country feels divided

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

Five major banks to allow homeless people to open bank accounts under new pilot
Economic secretary to the Treasury Lucy Rigby looking at her phone
Financial inclusion

Five major banks to allow homeless people to open bank accounts under new pilot

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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

Rachel Reeves faces calls to resign over rental rule break: 'Politicians can't be left off easy'
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing pressure to quit over her rental home error
Politics

Rachel Reeves faces calls to resign over rental rule break: 'Politicians can't be left off easy'

Should we be scared of the crime all around us? The truth is, it's safer than you think
Crime statistics

Should we be scared of the crime all around us? The truth is, it's safer than you think

Renters' Rights Act: Labour's landmark rental reforms receive royal assent and finally become law
affordable housing
Renters' Rights Act

Renters' Rights Act: Labour's landmark rental reforms receive royal assent and finally become law