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How Big Issue saved vendor Robin Price’s life as magazine turns 35: ‘Without them, I’d be dead’
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How Big Issue saved vendor Robin Price’s life as magazine turns 35: ‘Without them, I’d be dead’

Big Issue vendor Robin Price loves selling the magazine – and he credits it with saving his life. Now, he feels like he’s “giving back”.

Timms Review recommends changes to ‘dehumanising’ PIP assessment process
Disability benefits

Timms Review recommends changes to ‘dehumanising’ PIP assessment process

Stephen Timms and the co-chairs of his review have announced their first recommendations for changes to the disability benefits assessment process – but are they the right reforms?

British public don’t back cuts to disability benefits – even Reform and Tory voters
Disability benefits

British public don’t back cuts to disability benefits – even Reform and Tory voters

Only 7% of people said there should be less spending on disability benefits, figures from the British Social Attitudes survey suggest

London’s walk-in homelessness services are closing. It’s driving homeless people to hospital instead
homelessness

London’s walk-in homelessness services are closing. It’s driving homeless people to hospital instead

The taskforce making music accessible for people with dementia: ‘It’s not all Vera Lynn’
Music

The taskforce making music accessible for people with dementia: ‘It’s not all Vera Lynn’

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Inside the charity warehouse offering thousands of families a cost of living lifeline every month
Social Justice

Inside the charity warehouse offering thousands of families a cost of living lifeline every month

Do food banks need to exist until we end hunger? We’d rather live in a Food Bank Free Britain
Stef Lake, Ronald Ranta and Carl Walker

Do food banks need to exist until we end hunger? We’d rather live in a Food Bank Free Britain

Tony Christie: ‘I need an autocue now, but show me an artist my age that doesn’t!’
Music

Tony Christie: ‘I need an autocue now, but show me an artist my age that doesn’t!’

‘If I were PM I’d make dementia research a priority’
Dementia

‘If I were PM I’d make dementia research a priority’

David Baddiel: ‘My worst moment was telling my dad my mum died. I had to tell him again and again’
Dementia

David Baddiel: ‘My worst moment was telling my dad my mum died. I had to tell him again and again’

Hundreds of ex-rugby players with brain injury demand answers: ‘One hit could kill them’
Contact sports

Hundreds of ex-rugby players with brain injury demand answers: ‘One hit could kill them’

‘I was diagnosed with dementia almost a decade ago but life is for the living. You can’t hold back’ 
Dementia

‘I was diagnosed with dementia almost a decade ago but life is for the living. You can’t hold back’ 

Meet Wispy, the AI assistant helping people with dementia live independently
Technology

Meet Wispy, the AI assistant helping people with dementia live independently

Bonnie Oddie: ‘There’s no one-size-fits-all answer to assisted dying’
Theatre

Bonnie Oddie: ‘There’s no one-size-fits-all answer to assisted dying’

Our dementia research is bringing new hope for a cure – and already changing lives
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Our dementia research is bringing new hope for a cure – and already changing lives

Inside the Big Issue: I am Still Me
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: I am Still Me

NEET numbers fall but young people still face jobs crisis: ‘This is not a turning point’
NEETs

NEET numbers fall but young people still face jobs crisis: ‘This is not a turning point’

Energy bills to rise to highest level in three years leaving households facing ‘brutal winter’
Energy Bills

Energy bills to rise to highest level in three years leaving households facing ‘brutal winter’

Reform wants to slash £50 billion from welfare spending. Here’s what it could mean for benefits
Reform UK

Reform wants to slash £50 billion from welfare spending. Here’s what it could mean for benefits

Inside the Big Issue: Amelia Dimoldenberg’s opportunity issue
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Amelia Dimoldenberg’s opportunity issue

Heatwaves hit Big Issue vendors’ sales: ‘Selling in the hot weather can be the worst time’
News

Heatwaves hit Big Issue vendors’ sales: ‘Selling in the hot weather can be the worst time’

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More children will get free school meals from September 2026. Here’s what you need to know
Free school meals

More children will get free school meals from September 2026. Here’s what you need to know

Migrants are twice as likely to work nights than Brits. The care system would collapse without them
Essay

Migrants are twice as likely to work nights than Brits. The care system would collapse without them

‘I’m a single mum. Summer school holidays mean a bigger food bill’
Food

‘I’m a single mum. Summer school holidays mean a bigger food bill’

‘I’m a 21-year-old relying on disability benefits to live. Young disabled people feel deserted’
Benefits

‘I’m a 21-year-old relying on disability benefits to live. Young disabled people feel deserted’