Latest News Politics , Business , Finance , Technology , World News & Opinion & Tracking & Analysis.
The Big Issue
Primary focus: Culture
The man with 'the shortest shorts in punk' (his words) introduces himself The post Hyphen: Why I sing punk songs about the wealth tax and economics in tiny shorts appeared first on Big Issue.
Is it any wonder we watch slop when work leaves us exhausted? The post How Love Island links to a universal basic income appeared first on Big Issue.
Author Martin Fitzgerald on the febrile politics of Dallas in 1963 has become the dominant politics of America's modern age The post How conspiracy theories around JFK fueled the paranoia of US politics today appeared first on Big Issue.
Paul Edwards has worked in the Probation Service for almost 24 years. Here’s how the moment he met a man who would rather go to prison than sleep rough changed the way he thinks about homelessness, justice and what rehabilitation really means The post I work in probation. What meeting a homeless man on the street taught me about second chances appeared first on Big Issue.
Kego played for Crystal Palace and in international teams with England players Jude Bellingham and other World Cup stars until his mother became ill. A street football tournament has kept his dreams alive The post I was tipped to play football for England until my mum got sick. Street football gave me hope again appeared first on Big Issue.
Stand-up Barry Ferns wants more people with lived experience of poverty to tell their stories. He's putting his own out there with YouTube channel Barry’s Economics The post Barry’s Economics: The ex-homeless comedian explaining wealth inequality on YouTube appeared first on Big Issue.
Wealth has become so concentrated that it’s damaging our society. Millionaires want that to change The post ‘I speak with millionaires on a daily basis, and they tell me that they want a wealth tax’ appeared first on Big Issue.
Lisa Logan, composer of After my Breath: A Love Letter To Greta, writes about why the environmental activist's story belongs on stage The post Why I wrote an opera about Greta Thunberg appeared first on Big Issue.
One-in-ten low income households face a poverty premium of £736 or more each year, as food and energy costs surge The post Poverty premium: Why it costs £736 a year more to be poor appeared first on Big Issue.
The next prime minister has no choice: to protect British democracy and address the deep sense of betrayal fuelling this extremist wave The post Why Britain’s next prime minister must tax billionaire wealth now. Democracy is on the line appeared first on Big Issue.
