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Yo-yo homes, 10Foot and autism assessments: This is how Big Issue made change in 2025
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Yo-yo homes, 10Foot and autism assessments: This is how Big Issue made change in 2025

Low-paid and sick workers less likely to have flexible working options: ‘Not a nice-to-have’
Employment

Low-paid and sick workers less likely to have flexible working options: ‘Not a nice-to-have’

Energy bills to remain ‘stubbornly high’ in January: ‘Winter cruelly exposes the cost of a cold home’
Energy bills

Energy bills to remain ‘stubbornly high’ in January: ‘Winter cruelly exposes the cost of a cold home’

Homeless people were given £2,000, no strings attached. Here’s what they spent the money on
Homelessness

Homeless people were given £2,000, no strings attached. Here’s what they spent the money on

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson: ‘A child’s background won’t determine their future’
Child poverty

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson: ‘A child’s background won’t determine their future’

‘A Muslim is someone who strives for peace’: How this young imam is challenging Islamophobia on- and offline
Islamophobia

‘A Muslim is someone who strives for peace’: How this young imam is challenging Islamophobia on- and offline

Gordon Brown: ‘This can’t go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable’
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Gordon Brown: ‘This can’t go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable’

New Year’s resolutions: What does the world need to get right in 2026?
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New Year’s resolutions: What does the world need to get right in 2026?

How Big Issue tackled Christmas over three decades of publishing
Christmas

How Big Issue tackled Christmas over three decades of publishing

I fled female genital mutilation in Guinea. This is how I will be spending Christmas Day
Refugees at Christmas

I fled female genital mutilation in Guinea. This is how I will be spending Christmas Day

The Post Office is in trouble: ‘Without Christmas we couldn’t survive’
Post Office

The Post Office is in trouble: ‘Without Christmas we couldn’t survive’

I came to Britain as a teenager. Now I’m the first female Syrian refugee pilot
Refugees at Christmas

I came to Britain as a teenager. Now I’m the first female Syrian refugee pilot

The life of a Royal Mail postal worker at Christmas: ‘People aren’t robots. They can’t keep going’
Christmas

The life of a Royal Mail postal worker at Christmas: ‘People aren’t robots. They can’t keep going’

Arsenal star Emily Fox on a year of progress in women’s football: ‘What does women’s football not give you?’
Women's football

Arsenal star Emily Fox on a year of progress in women’s football: ‘What does women’s football not give you?’

My family fled Iran to escape death. This year’s Christmas in Britain will be unlike any other
Refugees at Christmas

My family fled Iran to escape death. This year’s Christmas in Britain will be unlike any other

Punk band The Molotovs stun Christmas shoppers with on-street show to back Big Issue
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Punk band The Molotovs stun Christmas shoppers with on-street show to back Big Issue

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Insecure work and the gig economy: Employment in Britain worse than reported, study finds
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Insecure work and the gig economy: Employment in Britain worse than reported, study finds

Big Issue turns 35 in 2026 – help us celebrate at our Big Dinner
Big Issue 35th anniversary

Big Issue turns 35 in 2026 – help us celebrate at our Big Dinner

Labour’s Planning and Infrastructure Act is now law. Here are five things it looks to change
Housing

Labour’s Planning and Infrastructure Act is now law. Here are five things it looks to change

I fled Ukraine after Russia’s invasion. This is what Christmas is like for refugee families like mine
Refugees at Christmas

I fled Ukraine after Russia’s invasion. This is what Christmas is like for refugee families like mine