Meet the inspirational teenager taking on homelessness and the housing crisis
Meet the inspirational teenager taking on homelessness and the housing crisis
Scarlett is the driving force behind a grassroots campaign looking to identify unused plots of land and turn them into homes for homeless families
Experts issue energy bill ‘red warning’ as price cap rise risks pushing millions into fuel poverty
Experts issue energy bill ‘red warning’ as price cap rise risks pushing millions into fuel poverty
How being named a Big Issue Changemaker changes lives
How being named a Big Issue Changemaker changes lives
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Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘Being the children’s laureate can be very uplifting and very depressing’
Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘Being the children’s laureate can be very uplifting and very depressing’
The number of people homeless on London’s streets fell last year: ‘Positive change is possible’
The number of people homeless on London’s streets fell last year: ‘Positive change is possible’
The moment I realised that Americans were taking Trump seriously
The moment I realised that Americans were taking Trump seriously
Letters: ‘Shirley Manson is right. Misogyny isn’t one issue – it’s the root that so many grow out of’
Letters: ‘Shirley Manson is right. Misogyny isn’t one issue – it’s the root that so many grow out of’
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Advice
Experts issue energy bill ‘red warning’ as price cap rise risks pushing millions into fuel poverty
Experts issue energy bill ‘red warning’ as price cap rise risks pushing millions into fuel poverty
Energy bills are rising. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?
Energy bills are rising. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?
What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say
What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say
Making gig work pay: How to manage your money with an irregular income
Making gig work pay: How to manage your money with an irregular income
Meet our vendors
Martin Hawes, Swindon train station: ‘We fought the world war to defeat the radical far-right’
Martin Hawes, Swindon train station: ‘We fought the world war to defeat the radical far-right’
Tony Rivers, Pero’s Bridge, Bristol: ‘I’d like to work with the homeless. I knows what it’s like’
Tony Rivers, Pero’s Bridge, Bristol: ‘I’d like to work with the homeless. I knows what it’s like’
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’
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‘Pets are family’: why Big Issue and Animal Friends are fighting to keep people and their animals together
‘Pets are family’: why Big Issue and Animal Friends are fighting to keep people and their animals together
‘Governments understand there’s a problem with poverty – they’re just too scared to solve it’
‘Governments understand there’s a problem with poverty – they’re just too scared to solve it’
Why Big Issue vendors are giving away free books: ‘Reading is the world’
Why Big Issue vendors are giving away free books: ‘Reading is the world’
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’
Opinion
The moment I realised that Americans were taking Trump seriously
The moment I realised that Americans were taking Trump seriously
Why marching at Pride means so much to me as a survivor of torture
Why marching at Pride means so much to me as a survivor of torture
Landlords are still pocketing money from deposits using unfair tactics. We want to put a stop to it
Landlords are still pocketing money from deposits using unfair tactics. We want to put a stop to it
No prime minister has ever lived up to their promises. Can Andy Burnham break the mould?
No prime minister has ever lived up to their promises. Can Andy Burnham break the mould?
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Culture
Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘Being the children’s laureate can be very uplifting and very depressing’
Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘Being the children’s laureate can be very uplifting and very depressing’
With his term as children’s laureate at a close, the novelist and screenwriter looks back on a lucky life of storytelling
Mel Brooks at 100 – the trailblazer who never forgets the importance of love in comedy
Mel Brooks at 100 – the trailblazer who never forgets the importance of love in comedy
‘Extremism knows no nationality. The UK is not immune to the allure of cults’
‘Extremism knows no nationality. The UK is not immune to the allure of cults’
Letter To My Younger Self
Opera singer Danielle de Niese: ‘I lost my singing voice when I was pregnant. I was in a panic’
Opera singer Danielle de Niese: ‘I lost my singing voice when I was pregnant. I was in a panic’
Shirley Manson: ‘If we solve misogyny, we solve so many other problems in our society’
Shirley Manson: ‘If we solve misogyny, we solve so many other problems in our society’
Terry Butcher: ‘I feel sorry for homeless veterans’
Terry Butcher: ‘I feel sorry for homeless veterans’
Victoria Pendleton: ‘I thought beating boys at sport would impress them. Now I realise it doesn’t’
Victoria Pendleton: ‘I thought beating boys at sport would impress them. Now I realise it doesn’t’
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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
Letters: ‘Shirley Manson is right. Misogyny isn’t one issue – it’s the root that so many grow out of’
Letters: ‘Shirley Manson is right. Misogyny isn’t one issue – it’s the root that so many grow out of’
‘Pets are family’: why Big Issue and Animal Friends are fighting to keep people and their animals together
‘Pets are family’: why Big Issue and Animal Friends are fighting to keep people and their animals together
‘As a woman who’s been living with HIV, I’d love to see more stories about women like me’
‘As a woman who’s been living with HIV, I’d love to see more stories about women like me’
Inside The Big Issue
Inside the Big Issue: Homelessness, Survival, Resistance
