Andy Burnham

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

Over the course of the Big Issue’s lifetime we’ve had closer relationships with some prime ministers than others

Inside the Big Issue: 35 years of a hand up
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: 35 years of a hand up

Big Issue has just turned 35. In our extra special birthday edition, we ask: can the homeless finally go home?

As Big Issue turns 35, our mission to terminate homelessness is unchanged
Steven MacKenzie

As Big Issue turns 35, our mission to terminate homelessness is unchanged

Andy Burnham has pledged to end rough sleeping. I’ll be back to monitor how he gets on – as Big Issue has held power to account for 35 years

Andy Burnham exclusive on rough sleeping plan: ‘It’s not just a one-off thing for Christmas’
Exclusive

Andy Burnham exclusive on rough sleeping plan: ‘It’s not just a one-off thing for Christmas’

A message to you, Andy: the nation needs you to keep your word on rough sleeping
John Bird

A message to you, Andy: the nation needs you to keep your word on rough sleeping

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‘Andy Burnham must not repeat the mistakes of the past on homelessness’
Letters

‘Andy Burnham must not repeat the mistakes of the past on homelessness’

Are Andy Burnham’s affordable homes plans a ‘council housing revolution’ or a ‘massive backtrack’?
Housing

Are Andy Burnham’s affordable homes plans a ‘council housing revolution’ or a ‘massive backtrack’?

If tech giants want to build data centres, make them give something back to society
Letters

If tech giants want to build data centres, make them give something back to society

Paul Heaton: ‘My mum liked me sticking fingers up at the world’
Music

Paul Heaton: ‘My mum liked me sticking fingers up at the world’

I was homeless as a child. I know what Andy Burnham needs to do to end rough sleeping for good
Danny Beales

I was homeless as a child. I know what Andy Burnham needs to do to end rough sleeping for good

Big Issue vendors react to Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge: ‘It would mean the world’
Housing

Big Issue vendors react to Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge: ‘It would mean the world’

‘I work with homeless veterans. It takes more than a bed for Christmas to help them out of homelessness’
Lisa Farmer

‘I work with homeless veterans. It takes more than a bed for Christmas to help them out of homelessness’

Inside the Big Issue: 128 days to end rough sleeping
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: 128 days to end rough sleeping

‘If people are sleeping rough, to me it says we don’t have the care for people that we should have’
Housing

‘If people are sleeping rough, to me it says we don’t have the care for people that we should have’

Andy Burnham to donate 15% of PM’s salary to homelessness fight: ‘I want to lead from the front’
Housing

Andy Burnham to donate 15% of PM’s salary to homelessness fight: ‘I want to lead from the front’

Every rough sleeper to be offered a route off the street by Christmas, says Andy Burnham
Rough sleeping

Every rough sleeper to be offered a route off the street by Christmas, says Andy Burnham

I founded a homelessness charity 10 years ago. These are the moments that kept me going
Louise Reed

I founded a homelessness charity 10 years ago. These are the moments that kept me going

Labour ‘turning the tide’ on homelessness but Burnham ‘must go further’ to help homeless kids
Housing

Labour ‘turning the tide’ on homelessness but Burnham ‘must go further’ to help homeless kids

Britain needs a new system to tackle homelessness. Here’s how Andy Burnham can change it
Ligia Teixeira

Britain needs a new system to tackle homelessness. Here’s how Andy Burnham can change it

Andy Burnham wants to end rough sleeping. These new statistics show the challenge he faces
Homelessness

Andy Burnham wants to end rough sleeping. These new statistics show the challenge he faces

Burnham says carers should be ‘the best paid people in society’. Here’s how much they actually earn
social care

Burnham says carers should be ‘the best paid people in society’. Here’s how much they actually earn

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How social media is changing politics: ‘I slid into his DMs and told him not to balls this up’
Politics

How social media is changing politics: ‘I slid into his DMs and told him not to balls this up’

Burnham is singing from Big Issue’s hymn sheet on rough sleeping. It gives us reason for hope
John Bird

Burnham is singing from Big Issue’s hymn sheet on rough sleeping. It gives us reason for hope

The UK can’t achieve growth and lower poverty with a million young people locked out of opportunity
Richard Rigby

The UK can’t achieve growth and lower poverty with a million young people locked out of opportunity

Andy Burnham: ‘It’s so hard when people just walk past’
Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham: ‘It’s so hard when people just walk past’