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I spent four years in one of Britain’s worst jails for a murder I didn’t commit. Now I want justice
Criminal justice

I spent four years in one of Britain’s worst jails for a murder I didn’t commit. Now I want justice

What’s the most important part of any urban landscape? The people who inhabit it
Julie Adams

What’s the most important part of any urban landscape? The people who inhabit it

Why it’s time for heated conversations on the cost of energy
Paul McNamee

Why it’s time for heated conversations on the cost of energy

Inside the Millennium Seed Bank, our biological safety net in a changing world
Food

Inside the Millennium Seed Bank, our biological safety net in a changing world

Science writer Alex Riley: ‘Even if humans cause mass extinction, life will still endure’
Life

Science writer Alex Riley: ‘Even if humans cause mass extinction, life will still endure’

Rhinos have become the face of extinction, but now there’s a small ray of hope
Conservation

Rhinos have become the face of extinction, but now there’s a small ray of hope

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
Christmas

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved

How to volunteer at a food bank
Food banks

How to volunteer at a food bank

‘It’s not like a normal pub’: How communities are rallying together to breathe new life into dying pubs
Pubs

‘It’s not like a normal pub’: How communities are rallying together to breathe new life into dying pubs

This 1930s three-bedroom semi-detached family home will see tenants save big on energy bills
Housing

This 1930s three-bedroom semi-detached family home will see tenants save big on energy bills

How did Rachel Reeves do in her first autumn budget? We ask people on the frontlines, one year on
autumn budget

How did Rachel Reeves do in her first autumn budget? We ask people on the frontlines, one year on

The government’s new immigration ‘shake up’ will only punish torture survivors like me
Kolbassia Haoussou

The government’s new immigration ‘shake up’ will only punish torture survivors like me

UK wants to model its asylum system on Denmark’s. This is why it’s a bad idea
Victoria Canning

UK wants to model its asylum system on Denmark’s. This is why it’s a bad idea

I’m an Anacé chief in Brazil. For Indigenous people, resistance is not a choice. It’s survival
Chief Roberto Ytaysaba Anacé

I’m an Anacé chief in Brazil. For Indigenous people, resistance is not a choice. It’s survival

Big Issue vendor ‘loses everything’ in Storm Claudia floods that left him ‘worried for his life’
Our Vendors

Big Issue vendor ‘loses everything’ in Storm Claudia floods that left him ‘worried for his life’

Shabana Mahmood’s asylum crackdown is enough to make Scrooge blush – but it’s not too late to change
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

Shabana Mahmood’s asylum crackdown is enough to make Scrooge blush – but it’s not too late to change

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We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped
Food

We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped

What a soup kitchen in London’s financial district thinks about a windfall tax on the banks
Banking tax

What a soup kitchen in London’s financial district thinks about a windfall tax on the banks

Sowing seeds of change: How Big Issue’s Big Grow is cultivating community and resilience 
Food

Sowing seeds of change: How Big Issue’s Big Grow is cultivating community and resilience 

Queer people must be visible in the face of division, says drag legend Jonny Woo
Culture

Queer people must be visible in the face of division, says drag legend Jonny Woo