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These 19th-century maps changed poverty in London. Today we have all the information we need to act
Ben Rogers

These 19th-century maps changed poverty in London. Today we have all the information we need to act

Meet the man whose goal is to fix the UK’s faltering prison system with football
Prisons

Meet the man whose goal is to fix the UK’s faltering prison system with football

We’ve been saying for years that prevention is the answer to poverty. People are finally listening
John Bird

We’ve been saying for years that prevention is the answer to poverty. People are finally listening

‘I fell into addiction after my prison sentence. Yoga helped my recovery and now I teach it in prisons’
Prisons

‘I fell into addiction after my prison sentence. Yoga helped my recovery and now I teach it in prisons’

‘Personal stories help us to understand how people can end up homeless’
Letters

‘Personal stories help us to understand how people can end up homeless’

Good Morning Britain weather presenter Laura Tobin: ‘To save the world, we need to love it more’
PM for the PM

Good Morning Britain weather presenter Laura Tobin: ‘To save the world, we need to love it more’

Inside the Big Issue: Prison Break
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Prison Break

Lenny Rush: ‘I cannot be farting in front of Gary Oldman. That can’t be happening’
Interview

Lenny Rush: ‘I cannot be farting in front of Gary Oldman. That can’t be happening’

Lush co-founder Mark Constantine: ‘I was homeless. I spent a lot of my time scared’
Letter To My Younger Self

Lush co-founder Mark Constantine: ‘I was homeless. I spent a lot of my time scared’

An academic put trackers on homeless people to see what they could learn. Here’s what they did next
Homelessness

An academic put trackers on homeless people to see what they could learn. Here’s what they did next

There’s a new grant to help musicians build sustainable careers. But there’s a catch
Music

There’s a new grant to help musicians build sustainable careers. But there’s a catch

There is a taboo around periods and homelessness. It’s leaving women sleeping rough on the streets
Homelessness

There is a taboo around periods and homelessness. It’s leaving women sleeping rough on the streets

What Britain can learn from other countries about reducing drug deaths
Dr Kamalroop Singh

What Britain can learn from other countries about reducing drug deaths

Blue Lights star Andi Osho: ‘Right to Buy benefitted my family but the country still feels ramifications’
PM for the PM

Blue Lights star Andi Osho: ‘Right to Buy benefitted my family but the country still feels ramifications’

We spend all our resources propping up the poverty emergency. We should be focused on the cure
John Bird

We spend all our resources propping up the poverty emergency. We should be focused on the cure

Pearl Mackie on her prison play: ‘Baby is the story of many women in the criminal justice system’
Theatre

Pearl Mackie on her prison play: ‘Baby is the story of many women in the criminal justice system’

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How Big Issue is holding Andy Burnham’s government to account on homelessness
Isabella McRae

How Big Issue is holding Andy Burnham’s government to account on homelessness

Inside the Big Issue: The limitless Lenny Rush
Lenny Rush

Inside the Big Issue: The limitless Lenny Rush

Blindboy: ‘If I were prime minister I’d stop billionaires buying political power’
PM For The PM

Blindboy: ‘If I were prime minister I’d stop billionaires buying political power’

Aberdeen through the eyes of a former homeless person: ‘I showed Prince William around the city’
Travel

Aberdeen through the eyes of a former homeless person: ‘I showed Prince William around the city’