A new scheme is offering £50,000 to families who don’t buy their home through Right To Buy
A new scheme is offering £50,000 to families who don’t buy their home through Right To Buy
Brighton and Hove City Council’s pilot scheme is offering cash towards deposits on any property in a bid to protect council housing stock and address homelessness crisis
Two-thirds of renters left waiting for emergency repairs by ‘rule-breaking’ letting agents
Two-thirds of renters left waiting for emergency repairs by ‘rule-breaking’ letting agents
‘I probably would have given my son up without help from a baby bank. No one else supported me’
‘I probably would have given my son up without help from a baby bank. No one else supported me’
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The Timms Review must stop people with terminal illness being forced to reapply for PIP
The Timms Review must stop people with terminal illness being forced to reapply for PIP
Big Issue vendors and their dogs take housing fight to parliament: ‘I’d be lost without her’
Big Issue vendors and their dogs take housing fight to parliament: ‘I’d be lost without her’
Inside the Big Issue: Vendors and their dogs head to parliament
Inside the Big Issue: Vendors and their dogs head to parliament
I’m fighting to protect the puffins because ending poverty and saving the planet is the same cause
I’m fighting to protect the puffins because ending poverty and saving the planet is the same cause
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Letters: It’s easy to blame social media for our ills. It’s up to us to use it as a force for good
Advice
How to take a quick look at your financial health in five minutes – and what to do next
How to take a quick look at your financial health in five minutes – and what to do next
Want to get healthy this summer? Add the arts to your core routine
Want to get healthy this summer? Add the arts to your core routine
I’m an artist who used to be homeless. Here are five things I wish I’d known before I started
I’m an artist who used to be homeless. Here are five things I wish I’d known before I started
Going into debt doesn’t mean you’ve failed. Here’s how to get help
Going into debt doesn’t mean you’ve failed. Here’s how to get help
Meet our vendors
Dave Martin, Tesco Express, Hammersmith: ‘So many people are missing me. It’s really sweet’
Dave Martin, Tesco Express, Hammersmith: ‘So many people are missing me. It’s really sweet’
Arran Martakies, Park Place, Cardiff: ‘If I didn’t have Big Issue I’d probably be dead’
Arran Martakies, Park Place, Cardiff: ‘If I didn’t have Big Issue I’d probably be dead’
Hamish Scott, Vision Express/Boots, Abergavenny: ‘I was homeless. I’d sleep on the bus to Ilford’
Hamish Scott, Vision Express/Boots, Abergavenny: ‘I was homeless. I’d sleep on the bus to Ilford’
Ahmed Hashi, Waterstones, The Hayes, Cardiff: ‘Once I put my Big Issue tabard on I’m in work mode’
Ahmed Hashi, Waterstones, The Hayes, Cardiff: ‘Once I put my Big Issue tabard on I’m in work mode’
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Big Issue vendors and their dogs take housing fight to parliament: ‘I’d be lost without her’
Big Issue vendors and their dogs take housing fight to parliament: ‘I’d be lost without her’
Letters: It’s easy to blame social media for our ills. It’s up to us to use it as a force for good
Letters: It’s easy to blame social media for our ills. It’s up to us to use it as a force for good
How one remarkable day in Westminster showed the power of the Big Issue to change lives
How one remarkable day in Westminster showed the power of the Big Issue to change lives
Inside the Big Issue: Vendors and their dogs head to parliament
Inside the Big Issue: Vendors and their dogs head to parliament
Opinion
The Timms Review must stop people with terminal illness being forced to reapply for PIP 
The Timms Review must stop people with terminal illness being forced to reapply for PIP
I’m fighting to protect the puffins because ending poverty and saving the planet is the same cause
I’m fighting to protect the puffins because ending poverty and saving the planet is the same cause
Green Hustle Festival showed our system is broken but hope grows in the gaps left in communities
Green Hustle Festival showed our system is broken but hope grows in the gaps left in communities
How one remarkable day in Westminster showed the power of the Big Issue to change lives
How one remarkable day in Westminster showed the power of the Big Issue to change lives
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Culture
‘The people made me a star’: On her 100th birthday, why Marilyn Monroe still matters
‘The people made me a star’: On her 100th birthday, why Marilyn Monroe still matters
Marilyn Monroe remains compelling even 100 years after her birth. New National Portrait Gallery exhibition Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait aims to explore why
Tip Toe creator Russell T Davies: ‘The search for equality has no endgame’
Tip Toe creator Russell T Davies: ‘The search for equality has no endgame’
Michael Spicer: ‘I’d make billionaires pay so we don’t have to cut welfare and disability benefits’
Michael Spicer: ‘I’d make billionaires pay so we don’t have to cut welfare and disability benefits’
Letter To My Younger Self
Dr Ranj Singh: ‘I would tell my younger self, you don’t have to fit into a box of any sort’
Dr Ranj Singh: ‘I would tell my younger self, you don’t have to fit into a box of any sort’
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‘When my mates were playing football, I had to queue for my free meal. It was embarrassing’
‘When my mates were playing football, I had to queue for my free meal. It was embarrassing’
Sadiq Khan: ‘Maybe Trump fancies me, I don’t know. I’m happily married! I’m not interested’
Sadiq Khan: ‘Maybe Trump fancies me, I don’t know. I’m happily married! I’m not interested’
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‘Explain to me why I’m homeless’: Rough sleeper’s rage tells us a lot about what’s keeping people homeless
‘Explain to me why I’m homeless’: Rough sleeper’s rage tells us a lot about what’s keeping people homeless
‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’
‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’
Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: ‘I can’t make it make sense’
Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: ‘I can’t make it make sense’
‘It’s devastating’: UK’s biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests
‘It’s devastating’: UK’s biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests
Life
How to take a quick look at your financial health in five minutes – and what to do next
How to take a quick look at your financial health in five minutes – and what to do next
Letters: It’s easy to blame social media for our ills. It’s up to us to use it as a force for good
Letters: It’s easy to blame social media for our ills. It’s up to us to use it as a force for good
How free eye care helped Big Issue vendor John get back to drawing
How free eye care helped Big Issue vendor John get back to drawing
Letters: Cutting Access to Work is impractical and cruel
Letters: Cutting Access to Work is impractical and cruel
Inside The Big Issue
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Inside the Big Issue: Vendors and their dogs head to parliament
Inside the Big Issue: Extract the juice with David Shrigley
Inside the Big Issue: Extract the juice with David Shrigley
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