John Bird

Governments have to recognise the inheritance of poverty. Only then can their energies can be rallied to come up with ways to break it

Government ineptitude is nothing new but Starmer has not been able to address poverty crippling our schools, hospitals and justice system

Big Issue founder Lord John Bird writes for The Mirror on the number of young people out of work and education ahead of the publication of a major report by Alan Milburn

Poverty must be right in the middle of green issues as part of our fight to make the planet a better place, writes John Bird.

Nigel Farage threatens seismic, transformative changes comparable to the English Reformation of King Henry VIII and poverty is driving it.

As Andy Burnham might find to his advantage, the north is still seen as ‘realer’, more characterful and probably more honest.

No one comes out of being prime minister smelling or looking pretty. Managing humiliation is the best that can be done, writes Big Issue founder John Bird.

Travelling on the train suggests that individualism seems to be the most prized possession of modern times, writes John Bird.

What new tools will Burnham bring to politics that are not more of the same? Will he address the poverty that undermines Britain?

Andy Burnham's opening salvos on rough sleeping were so ‘Big Issue-y’ that the press wanted to know whether John Bird was involved