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Influencers are using smart glasses to film homeless people. It’s exploiting people for views
Technology

Influencers are using smart glasses to film homeless people. It’s exploiting people for views

Hedge funds want to take control of Thames Water. What could it mean for bills?
Thames Water

Hedge funds want to take control of Thames Water. What could it mean for bills?

What are data centres? And do we even need them?
Technology

What are data centres? And do we even need them?

Dealing with the cost of living is essential to help young people out of Britain’s NEETs crisis
Kamran Malekzai

Dealing with the cost of living is essential to help young people out of Britain’s NEETs crisis

‘I still have concerns about the Timms Review of PIP. Will mental health be protected?’
Letters

‘I still have concerns about the Timms Review of PIP. Will mental health be protected?’

AI is increasingly being used on listings for homes to rent. Is it acceptable or misleading?
Housing

AI is increasingly being used on listings for homes to rent. Is it acceptable or misleading?

Ilkeston Big Issue vendor James Allerton: ‘My dog is like a son to me’
Homelessness

Ilkeston Big Issue vendor James Allerton: ‘My dog is like a son to me’

The AI-induced apocalypse could be nearing. Why not chat to a Big Issue vendor instead of a bot?
Editorial

The AI-induced apocalypse could be nearing. Why not chat to a Big Issue vendor instead of a bot?

Don’t be fooled: reviving the Help to Buy scheme won’t make housing more affordable in 2026
Maya Singer Hobbs

Don’t be fooled: reviving the Help to Buy scheme won’t make housing more affordable in 2026

Big Issue founder leads call for a national empty homes strategy: ‘A completely wasted resource’
Housing

Big Issue founder leads call for a national empty homes strategy: ‘A completely wasted resource’

How Big Issue came up from the streets, 35 years on: ‘It was the most chaotic, beautiful madness’ 
Big Issue 35

How Big Issue came up from the streets, 35 years on: ‘It was the most chaotic, beautiful madness’ 

It has taken years to regulate bailiffs. Stopping intimidation is as important as recovering debt
Vikki Brownridge

It has taken years to regulate bailiffs. Stopping intimidation is as important as recovering debt

Council spending on housing homeless families in England at almost £3bn a year: ‘It’s crippling’
Housing

Council spending on housing homeless families in England at almost £3bn a year: ‘It’s crippling’

Labour is facing calls to means-test disability benefit PIP. Here’s why it would push up poverty
Disability benefits

Labour is facing calls to means-test disability benefit PIP. Here’s why it would push up poverty

What it’s like to sell the Big Issue magazine for 35 years: ‘We’re part of a British institution’
Big Issue at 35

What it’s like to sell the Big Issue magazine for 35 years: ‘We’re part of a British institution’

‘I grew up in social housing and now I’m going to Harvard. It’s given me drive to change the world’
Education

‘I grew up in social housing and now I’m going to Harvard. It’s given me drive to change the world’

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Rents in the UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
Renting

Rents in the UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?

How a Big Issue vendor overcame homelessness to play hockey for England: ‘It means everything’
Big Issue 35

How a Big Issue vendor overcame homelessness to play hockey for England: ‘It means everything’

Big Issue at 35: How prime ministers have supported Big Issue vendors
Big Issue 35

Big Issue at 35: How prime ministers have supported Big Issue vendors

People could face an ‘impossible winter’ with energy bills forecast to rise by 25% in January
Energy bills

People could face an ‘impossible winter’ with energy bills forecast to rise by 25% in January