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The number of people sleeping rough in London has surged 20% in just a year
Rough sleeping

The number of people sleeping rough in London has surged 20% in just a year

Community grocers have become the nation’s safety net
Food poverty

Community grocers have become the nation’s safety net

Big Issue vendor Dave Martin reunited with Prince William as royal launches plan to end homelessness
Our vendors

Big Issue vendor Dave Martin reunited with Prince William as royal launches plan to end homelessness

Is the UK heading for a housing market crash?
Housing crisis

Is the UK heading for a housing market crash?

Citroën Ami: the tiny electric vehicle driving change with The Big Issue
Advertorial

Citroën Ami: the tiny electric vehicle driving change with The Big Issue

Prince William launches five-year Homewards project to end homelessness
Homelessness

Prince William launches five-year Homewards project to end homelessness

These countries offer free school meals for all – so why can’t the UK?
Week of action

These countries offer free school meals for all – so why can’t the UK?

Refugees are twice as likely to be unemployed. A new scheme in Coventry might have answers
Employment

Refugees are twice as likely to be unemployed. A new scheme in Coventry might have answers

These high street shops have been caught paying below minimum wage
Minimum wage

These high street shops have been caught paying below minimum wage

‘We helped put the great back into Great Britain’: Meet 97-year-old Windrush passenger Alford Gardner
Windrush

‘We helped put the great back into Great Britain’: Meet 97-year-old Windrush passenger Alford Gardner

Here’s why British LGBT Awards has dropped ties with fossil fuel giants Shell and BP 
Environment

Here’s why British LGBT Awards has dropped ties with fossil fuel giants Shell and BP 

People in poverty are at greater risk of sunburn and skin cancer. Charities are calling for action
Cost of living crisis

People in poverty are at greater risk of sunburn and skin cancer. Charities are calling for action

‘I left to save my family’: Ukrainian refugee finds hope in the UK with help from C&C Group and Big Issue Recruit
Big Issue Recruit

‘I left to save my family’: Ukrainian refugee finds hope in the UK with help from C&C Group and Big Issue Recruit

Refugee Week: This is what refugees in the UK want you to know
Refugee Week

Refugee Week: This is what refugees in the UK want you to know

This Strictly Come Dancing super-fan has big dreams and wants to bust myths about Down’s syndrome
Learning Disability Week

This Strictly Come Dancing super-fan has big dreams and wants to bust myths about Down’s syndrome

Gary Lineker says government could learn from Michael Eavis’s Glastonbury social housing project
Social housing

Gary Lineker says government could learn from Michael Eavis’s Glastonbury social housing project

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Thousands march for abortion reform on Saturday following jail sentence for mother
Activism

Thousands march for abortion reform on Saturday following jail sentence for mother

Pride marches, football matches, and vigils: The ordinary activities that could get caught up in the government’s new slow walking crackdown
Public Order Act

Pride marches, football matches, and vigils: The ordinary activities that could get caught up in the government’s new slow walking crackdown

Prince William opens London housing project offering cut-price rents to youngsters facing homelessness
Homelessness

Prince William opens London housing project offering cut-price rents to youngsters facing homelessness

Are junior doctors, nurses or train drivers paid when on strike? 
Strikes

Are junior doctors, nurses or train drivers paid when on strike?