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1 week ago | 
bigissue.com | Charlotte Elton
Politics The US is a huge market for Scottish whisky and salmon. But Trump’s unpredictable tariff war could put local businesses in a tricky position Scottish whisky and salmon exporters are “bracing themselves” for the impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs. The United States is a huge market for the two iconic commodities. But Trump’s 10% ‘liberation day’ tax on all imports – which took effect 5 April – will put local businesses in a tricky position.
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2 weeks ago | 
bigissue.com | Charlotte Elton
Employment 'I’m absolutely committed to steel production in this country,' PM Keir Starmer has said. Can nationalisation save it? The government is considering nationalising British Steel, as the company threatens closures that could jeopardise 2,700 jobs. The Chinese-owned firm operates two blast furnaces at Scunthorpe.
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2 weeks ago | 
bigissue.com | Charlotte Elton
Environment 'The fossil fuel industry should be worried – the march of renewables is relentless, and they are going to displace fossil fuels from the electricity system' Clean energy sources met more than 40% of global electricity demand last year – a milestone that experts predict will “deeply worry” the fossil fuel industry.
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2 weeks ago | 
bigissue.com | Charlotte Elton
Uncategorised The vast majority of artificial intelligence firms focus on marketing and administration – not big problems like climate change or health inequality Most artificial intelligence (AI) firms are not contributing to the ‘public good’, new analysis has found – despite sucking up billions in public money. AI, prime minister Keir Starmer has declared, is going to fix Britain, doing everything from diagnosing cancer to filling potholes to reducing red tape.
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2 weeks ago | 
bigissue.com | Charlotte Elton
News Investment firm Goldman Sachs has put the chance of a US recession at 45%, an economic calamity that could well trigger a global downturn Are we heading for a global recession? Potentially, say experts – but the government can cushion the blow by investing in green industry. President Donald Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs – import charges on foreign goods entering the US – continue to wreak havoc on the world economy.
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2 weeks ago | 
bigissue.com | Charlotte Elton
Social Justice The Trans Winter Night Shelter provides a vital service to some of the most vulnerable people in the UK: Transgender asylum seekers It’s not much to look at from the outside: a nondescript building on a busy Hackney street, all concrete and iron-barred windows. But inside, the Trans Winter Night Shelter is a riot of colour.
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2 weeks ago | 
bigissue.com | Charlotte Elton
Film The remarkable late-career renaissance of Jennifer Coolidge has been a joy to behold. We meet the icon to find out how she took her game to the next level Jennifer Coolidge would quite like to play a winner. Just once. “I think very intelligent casting directors can tune in to your weaknesses, your personal weaknesses, just as a person. And then they go, like, she’d be good for that ‘insecure lady’ part,” she tells Big Issue.
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2 weeks ago | 
bigissue.com | Charlotte Elton
Politics According to new analysis, the West Midlands, East of England and Northern Ireland are expected to bear the brunt of Trump's trade restrictions Donald Trump’s 10% tariffs on UK exports will hit hardest in parts of the UK outside of London – in regions “already vulnerable” to economic shocks. The world economy is reeling from the US president’s suite of ‘liberation day’ tariffs, a set of punitive import levies that have sent markets tumbling.
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3 weeks ago | 
bigissue.com | Charlotte Elton
Politics 'The best way of dealing with what is an extremely difficult situation may be to consider some of the options around tax rises' Donald Trump’s tariffs may pile “intense” fiscal pressure on the UK government – but more cuts to public services are not the answer, economists say. The US president on Wednesday (2 April) slapped a 10% tax on UK exports to the United States, part of a bevy of ‘liberation day’ tariffs that have sent world leaders scrambling.
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3 weeks ago | 
bigissue.com | Charlotte Elton
Film What to do when tasked with making a film adaptation of a game with no plot? Get creative Depending on how you measure it, Minecraft may just be the most popular video game of all time. The pixelated phenomenon has sold more than 300 million copies since its 2011 launch – fewer than Tetris’s half a billion sales, but these are divided between multiple licensed variations. In the battle of the blocks, Minecraft comes out on top.
