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‘I feel a thrill of hope about Andy Burnham’s government. I’m not embarrassed to say I cried’
Letters

‘I feel a thrill of hope about Andy Burnham’s government. I’m not embarrassed to say I cried’

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’

The Lost Children of Tuam: How one woman’s fight for justice led to a national reckoning for Ireland
Review

The Lost Children of Tuam: How one woman’s fight for justice led to a national reckoning for Ireland

Hairy Biker Si King: ‘We were both into motorcycles and food. We got on like a house on fire’
Letter To My Younger Self

Hairy Biker Si King: ‘We were both into motorcycles and food. We got on like a house on fire’

The football food van serving up jobs for out-of-work young people
Food

The football food van serving up jobs for out-of-work young people

Fat Macy’s: The training academy lifting young people out of homelessness and into hospitality jobs
Employment

Fat Macy’s: The training academy lifting young people out of homelessness and into hospitality jobs

The government wants you to buy tinned food to prepare for a crisis. What if you can’t afford it?
Food

The government wants you to buy tinned food to prepare for a crisis. What if you can’t afford it?

Louis Theroux sits for Portrait Artist Of The Year: ‘I think AI art can be interesting’
TV

Louis Theroux sits for Portrait Artist Of The Year: ‘I think AI art can be interesting’

Big Issue has always been bad at promoting itself. Andy Burnham can teach us a lesson
John Bird

Big Issue has always been bad at promoting itself. Andy Burnham can teach us a lesson

Ending rough sleeping isn’t just about money – it takes everyone pulling together
Letters

Ending rough sleeping isn’t just about money – it takes everyone pulling together

How the Big Grow is strengthening communities and building resilience through growing food
Food

How the Big Grow is strengthening communities and building resilience through growing food

Everyone is being asked to prepare for troubled times. What does it mean for people in poverty?
Steven MacKenzie

Everyone is being asked to prepare for troubled times. What does it mean for people in poverty?

Inside the Big Issue: Food for Good: Open in emergency
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Food for Good: Open in emergency

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‘I don’t fit the stereotype of a homeless person. My story shows how it can happen to anyone’
Homelessness

‘I don’t fit the stereotype of a homeless person. My story shows how it can happen to anyone’

The Uprising director Paul Greengrass: ‘A world so sharply divided is going to be angry’
Film

The Uprising director Paul Greengrass: ‘A world so sharply divided is going to be angry’

KSI: ‘People do the wildest things to be relevant. But respect is the greatest thing you can have’
Community

KSI: ‘People do the wildest things to be relevant. But respect is the greatest thing you can have’

Meet the homeless people living in hotel rooms miles from their home towns: ‘It took its toll’
Housing

Meet the homeless people living in hotel rooms miles from their home towns: ‘It took its toll’