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Meet the inspirational teenager taking on homelessness and the housing crisis
Changemakers 2026

Meet the inspirational teenager taking on homelessness and the housing crisis

How being named a Big Issue Changemaker changes lives
Changemakers

How being named a Big Issue Changemaker changes lives

Experts issue energy bill ‘red warning’ as price cap rise risks pushing millions into fuel poverty
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?
Cost of living

Energy bills are rising. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?

Prince William: ‘If systems help create homelessness, systems can help prevent it’
Housing

Prince William: ‘If systems help create homelessness, systems can help prevent it’

The number of people homeless on London’s streets fell last year: ‘Positive change is possible’
Housing

The number of people homeless on London’s streets fell last year: ‘Positive change is possible’

Andy Burnham’s approach to housing could put him on a collision course with Donald Trump
Housing

Andy Burnham’s approach to housing could put him on a collision course with Donald Trump

Rough sleeping finally decriminalised after 200 years: ‘Homeless people are not criminals’
Housing

Rough sleeping finally decriminalised after 200 years: ‘Homeless people are not criminals’

How Wates and Big Issue found common ground
Advertorial

How Wates and Big Issue found common ground

Sadiq Khan admits he is ‘really worried’ about the impact of hot weather on homeless Londoners
Heatwave

Sadiq Khan admits he is ‘really worried’ about the impact of hot weather on homeless Londoners

‘Gay footballers are not out, but they’re at the World Cup’
Sport

‘Gay footballers are not out, but they’re at the World Cup’

DWP to ban people from driving and seize money from bank accounts to recover benefit debts
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP to ban people from driving and seize money from bank accounts to recover benefit debts

Inside the exhibition explaining how homeless people have been treated as criminals for 400 years
10Foot

Inside the exhibition explaining how homeless people have been treated as criminals for 400 years

‘It feels like, as a country, we’ve shot ourselves in the foot with Brexit’
Brexit

‘It feels like, as a country, we’ve shot ourselves in the foot with Brexit’

Leicester Riders: The basketball team taking on knife crime
Sport

Leicester Riders: The basketball team taking on knife crime

Boston is the most pro-Brexit town in the UK. What has leaving the EU changed? ‘They got nothing’
Brexit

Boston is the most pro-Brexit town in the UK. What has leaving the EU changed? ‘They got nothing’

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How the fight for common land is now the fight for access to the internet
Inequality

How the fight for common land is now the fight for access to the internet

In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods
Khaula Jamil

In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods

Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: ‘What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?’
Housing

Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: ‘What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?’

Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?
Criminal justice

Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?