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How one woman’s arrest helped to scrap the Vagrancy Act and decriminalise rough sleeping
How one woman’s arrest helped to scrap the Vagrancy Act and decriminalise rough sleeping
Campaigner Kerri Douglas was arrested under an archaic law that criminalised rough sleeping and begging for 200 years. Her story inspired the government to finally axe the act
House of Campaigns: We need to open parliament up to campaigners to give us the voice we deserve
House of Campaigns: We need to open parliament up to campaigners to give us the voice we deserve
A House of Campaigns could make campaigners feel that they have a genuine presence in Westminster
Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Media and campaigns
Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Media and campaigns
Meet our 2026 Changemakers. Here Big Issue celebrates campaigners who target millionaires like Elon Musk, a group of children in Wales who speak directly to decision-makers about poverty, and a woman who uses her platform to make autism and chronic illness more visible
Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability
Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability
This is why parliament needs to replace the e-petitions system with a House of Campaigns
This is why parliament needs to replace the e-petitions system with a House of Campaigns
Big Issue calls for Scotland-style poverty reduction targets as new analysis exposes huge gap in progress between UK nations
Big Issue calls for Scotland-style poverty reduction targets as new analysis exposes huge gap in progress between UK nations
My son was stabbed to death by his girlfriend. He didn’t know how to escape domestic abuse
My son was stabbed to death by his girlfriend. He didn’t know how to escape domestic abuse
Ledbury Big Issue vendor tells local MP: ‘Take my concerns to Westminster’
Ledbury Big Issue vendor tells local MP: ‘Take my concerns to Westminster’
Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Media and campaigns
Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Media and campaigns
Shocking political ad shows child as if at gunpoint. This is what it tells us about the Tory campaign
Shocking political ad shows child as if at gunpoint. This is what it tells us about the Tory campaign
“We demand an end to poverty”: Big Issue vendors deliver call for change backed by 12,000 to Labour and Tory HQs
“We demand an end to poverty”: Big Issue vendors deliver call for change backed by 12,000 to Labour and Tory HQs
Grassroots venue Off the Cuff is home to UK’s biggest youth open mic – and it needs your help
Grassroots venue Off the Cuff is home to UK’s biggest youth open mic – and it needs your help
Big Issue’s Venue Watch helps save Woking’s only grassroots music venue: ‘It’s a big win’
Big Issue’s Venue Watch helps save Woking’s only grassroots music venue: ‘It’s a big win’
Tens of thousand sign petition against DWP plan to snoop on benefit claimants’ bank accounts
Tens of thousand sign petition against DWP plan to snoop on benefit claimants’ bank accounts
The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Media and campaigns
The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Media and campaigns
Women feel ‘violated and traumatised’ by painful hysteroscopies – and say the NHS misinformed them
Women feel ‘violated and traumatised’ by painful hysteroscopies – and say the NHS misinformed them
Everything you need to know about UK’s shameful Post Office scandal
Everything you need to know about UK’s shameful Post Office scandal
Atherton ‘had everything taken away’. The Snug brought back music and community
Atherton ‘had everything taken away’. The Snug brought back music and community
Rapper and TV chef Big Zuu: ‘The more people give back, the better the world we’ll see’
Rapper and TV chef Big Zuu: ‘The more people give back, the better the world we’ll see’
John Chadwick took his own life when he was separated from his pets. His friend is campaigning for change
John Chadwick took his own life when he was separated from his pets. His friend is campaigning for change
11 award winners share their campaign tips for achieving change
11 award winners share their campaign tips for achieving change
28 inspiring campaigns and campaigners to make you believe change can be won in 2023
28 inspiring campaigns and campaigners to make you believe change can be won in 2023
Maxine Peake on Hillsborough drama Anne: ‘The criminal justice system can be a very hostile place’
