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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

There’s ‘awareness’ of trans people – but too often it’s the wrong kind
Ayla Holdom

There’s ‘awareness’ of trans people – but too often it’s the wrong kind

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

Trespasses star Lola Petticrew: ‘I’m an artist because I’m an activist – I can’t separate it’
TV

Trespasses star Lola Petticrew: ‘I’m an artist because I’m an activist – I can’t separate it’

George Lamb on how an Ibiza dance floor set him on a farming odyssey: ‘We need resilience in our food system’
Food

George Lamb on how an Ibiza dance floor set him on a farming odyssey: ‘We need resilience in our food system’

Sudan war exposes hypocrisy of UK government’s treatment of asylum seekers
Ben Whitham

Sudan war exposes hypocrisy of UK government’s treatment of asylum seekers

Four in 10 Brits go a whole week without a meaningful talk with a stranger, Big Issue study reveals
Christmas

Four in 10 Brits go a whole week without a meaningful talk with a stranger, Big Issue study reveals

Modern fishing is going further, bigger and deeper than ever. But there’s a big catch
Food

Modern fishing is going further, bigger and deeper than ever. But there’s a big catch

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Meet the veterans finding community and purpose on Britain’s canals: ‘I don’t merely exist anymore’
Veterans

Meet the veterans finding community and purpose on Britain’s canals: ‘I don’t merely exist anymore’

Kae Tempest: ‘Seeing all these young queer and gender queer people makes me feel so happy’
Letter to my Younger Self

Kae Tempest: ‘Seeing all these young queer and gender queer people makes me feel so happy’

Overwhelming majority of Brits say the country feels divided
Culture wars

Overwhelming majority of Brits say the country feels divided

COP30 marks 30 years of COP climate summits. Has it actually made a difference?
COP30

COP30 marks 30 years of COP climate summits. Has it actually made a difference?