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Prime ministers keep getting forced out of Downing Street. Could fixing poverty save them?

Prime minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to quit. Could a failure to address rising poverty be causing Downing Street ...
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Higher defence spending won't make Britain safer while families live in poverty

There are some who would like to see welfare spending slashed so defence spending can be boosted, but what would be the impact of this?
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'When my mates were playing football, I had to queue for my free meal. It was embarrassing'

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Renters will keep falling into debt until there's proper action to tackle affordability of homes

Vikki Brownridge, CEO of StepChange, welcomes parts of the Renters' Rights Act but urges the government to do more to prevent ...
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I'm in the pulpit delivering a sermon on poverty. If only the government were here to hear it

Governments have to recognise the inheritance of poverty. Only then can their energies can be rallied to come up with ways to ...
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What running with Tinie Tempah taught us about volunteering: 'It's important to give hope'

The rapper was performing a concert that night where the only people who could attend were volunteers who had given up four ...
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AF Steadman: ‘Kids don’t want to be on their phones. They want books and deadly unicorns’

British Book Awards winner AF Steadman tells Big Issue she believes that kids want books to teach them about the real world.
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'Anything that helps to promote the very existence of these grassroots music venues is welcome'

There's no Glastonbury this year. That's opened the door for Everything at Once Festival to make the case to save ...
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Meet Rene Robbins, the 100-year-old artist who survived homelessness: ‘I'd cry myself to sleep'

Centenarian artist Rene Robbins is still creating, thanks to the 240 Project, an arts and health centre for people affected ...
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The little understood link between hoarding and homelessness sees property prioritised over people

On Hoarding Awareness Week, professor Claire Lomax explains the misunderstood link between hoarding and homelessness ...
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I can't get close to Sabastian Sawe's marathon time. But we can all take strides with running

While you might not get close to Sabastian Sawe's astonishing time, the Kenyan runner's achievements can still inspire you to ...
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'My son has cystic fibrosis. The government wrongly denied him PIP – twice'

It’s not easy to talk to your children about death. But Ellie Griffin felt that she had to have the conversation with her children, two of whom have cystic fibrosis [CF]. “Cystic Fibrosis [CF] impacts ...