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‘A man of integrity’: Tributes pour in after writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah dies aged 65
Literature

‘A man of integrity’: Tributes pour in after writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah dies aged 65

Renters paying £1,200 more for a home due to unjust bidding wars: ‘Rent is going through the roof’
Renting

Renters paying £1,200 more for a home due to unjust bidding wars: ‘Rent is going through the roof’

DWP faces ‘crisis’ as staff driven to ‘depression’ and ‘sickness’ amid mounting pressure
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP faces ‘crisis’ as staff driven to ‘depression’ and ‘sickness’ amid mounting pressure

I always loved translating for my family. Big Issue Recruit helped me land my ‘dream job’
Big Issue Recruit

I always loved translating for my family. Big Issue Recruit helped me land my ‘dream job’

Number of homeless refugees in Cardiff doubles amid surge in Home Office asylum evictions
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Number of homeless refugees in Cardiff doubles amid surge in Home Office asylum evictions

Disabled people are cancelling Christmas because they can’t afford it: ‘We can’t wait another winter’
Cost of living crisis

Disabled people are cancelling Christmas because they can’t afford it: ‘We can’t wait another winter’

Charlatans star Tim Burgess raises thousands serving coffee to help homeless people
Music

Charlatans star Tim Burgess raises thousands serving coffee to help homeless people

UK’s economic stagnation has left households £4,300 poorer – but there’s a plan to fix it
Cost of living

UK’s economic stagnation has left households £4,300 poorer – but there’s a plan to fix it

‘Clean up the filth!’: Labour wants to block bonuses for water firm bosses over sewage dumping
Sewage pollution

‘Clean up the filth!’: Labour wants to block bonuses for water firm bosses over sewage dumping

‘We can’t stay here forever’: What’s it like spending Christmas inside a homeless hostel?
Homelessness

‘We can’t stay here forever’: What’s it like spending Christmas inside a homeless hostel?

Prince William stuns shoppers with surprise Tesco visit to sell Big Issue with our man Dave
Our vendors

Prince William stuns shoppers with surprise Tesco visit to sell Big Issue with our man Dave

‘Poverty is killing children’: How homeless families are fighting to survive this Christmas
Cost of living crisis

‘Poverty is killing children’: How homeless families are fighting to survive this Christmas

Home Office’s screeching halt on new refugee eviction policy, explained
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Home Office’s screeching halt on new refugee eviction policy, explained

Electrifying Change: How Citroën and Big Issue are Revolutionising Sustainable Delivery
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Electrifying Change: How Citroën and Big Issue are Revolutionising Sustainable Delivery

Big Issue vendor’s emotional story of homelessness has starring role in Christmas film
Our Vendors

Big Issue vendor’s emotional story of homelessness has starring role in Christmas film

Homeless man asks to be sent to jail for a bed and a meal. It happens more often than you’d think
Homelessness

Homeless man asks to be sent to jail for a bed and a meal. It happens more often than you’d think

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‘I was fined £100 for dropping crisps’: How a private firm is making millions from littering fines
Environment

‘I was fined £100 for dropping crisps’: How a private firm is making millions from littering fines

Home Office to halt asylum evictions amid soaring refugee homelessness crisis
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Home Office to halt asylum evictions amid soaring refugee homelessness crisis

Gareth Thomas on HIV, stigma and the myths people really need to unlearn: ‘We still have far to go’
World Aids Day

Gareth Thomas on HIV, stigma and the myths people really need to unlearn: ‘We still have far to go’

Trans woman with HIV was given two years to live. 30 years on, she’s ‘speaking out for her tribe’
World AIDS Day

Trans woman with HIV was given two years to live. 30 years on, she’s ‘speaking out for her tribe’