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I battled leukaemia and then lost my fiancée to cancer. Here’s how I found hope in the grief
Grief

I battled leukaemia and then lost my fiancée to cancer. Here’s how I found hope in the grief

TikTok star Brett Harman speaks to the Big Issue about his story, from his own cancer diagnosis to losing his partner Hannah. He wanted to speak out to give people hope that there can still be happiness in life after losing someone

Families with disabled children left waiting months to get benefits due to DWP delays
Benefits

Families with disabled children left waiting months to get benefits due to DWP delays

Single mother Maryam had to wait three months to get child disability allowance for her seven-year-old daughter, who has kidney cancer. She drained her savings and could not afford food

Lack of post-18 kinship care support has almost driven me back into homelessness
Honey Alma

Lack of post-18 kinship care support has almost driven me back into homelessness

Kinship care supports thousands of children raised by relatives when parents can’t look after them — but what happens when they turn 18? Honey Alma, raised in kinship care, explains

Foraging has helped make Finland the world’s happiest country. What can we learn from the forest?
Food

Foraging has helped make Finland the world’s happiest country. What can we learn from the forest?

Gaza’s children need more than a ceasefire. We need to give them hope for a safe future
Helen Pattinson

Gaza’s children need more than a ceasefire. We need to give them hope for a safe future

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Everything you need to know about Labour’s child poverty strategy
Child poverty

Everything you need to know about Labour’s child poverty strategy

Why British sauna culture is picking up steam
Health

Why British sauna culture is picking up steam

Cold homes are costing lives. Labour’s warm homes plan must deliver on its promise
Andria Mastroianni and Matt Copeland

Cold homes are costing lives. Labour’s warm homes plan must deliver on its promise

More people are dying from nitazenes – we risk repeating the US fentanyl crisis
Ant Lehane

More people are dying from nitazenes – we risk repeating the US fentanyl crisis

Disability and poor health drives number of young people not in work or education to almost a million
NEETs

Disability and poor health drives number of young people not in work or education to almost a million

Britain’s mental health crisis is a leadership crisis, too
Ashley Mills

Britain’s mental health crisis is a leadership crisis, too

Number of deaths from nitazenes increases fourfold in two years – but true number may never be known
Drug deaths

Number of deaths from nitazenes increases fourfold in two years – but true number may never be known

Meet the people helping homeless women access abortions: ‘It’s about giving them the choice’
Abortion

Meet the people helping homeless women access abortions: ‘It’s about giving them the choice’

How a grassroots effort to save an abandoned leisure centre grew into something much more
Big Issue Invest

How a grassroots effort to save an abandoned leisure centre grew into something much more

How often do you get your five-a-day?
Your views

How often do you get your five-a-day?

Anti-abortion groups have received funds from the UK government and National Lottery
Abortion

Anti-abortion groups have received funds from the UK government and National Lottery

What is the truth about crisis pregnancy centres? The anti-abortion facilities creeping across Britain
Abortion

What is the truth about crisis pregnancy centres? The anti-abortion facilities creeping across Britain

People with mental health issues forced to share their PIN – leaving them open to ‘abuse and fraud’
Financial inclusion

People with mental health issues forced to share their PIN – leaving them open to ‘abuse and fraud’

Abortion is close to decriminalisation. But how quickly can rights and progress be rolled back?
Abortion

Abortion is close to decriminalisation. But how quickly can rights and progress be rolled back?

‘Are you really the doctor?’: The realities of life as a Black doctor in the NHS
Health

‘Are you really the doctor?’: The realities of life as a Black doctor in the NHS

‘It’s never been more urgent’: Inside the garden project empowering communities to grow their own food
Food

‘It’s never been more urgent’: Inside the garden project empowering communities to grow their own food

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Marmot principles should be applied to government departments for ending poverty
John Bird

Marmot principles should be applied to government departments for ending poverty

The UK is not doing well. Here’s how the Marmot Principles could help Starmer turn things around
Marmot Places

The UK is not doing well. Here’s how the Marmot Principles could help Starmer turn things around

What are the eight Marmot Principles and how could they transform the health of a local area?
Health inequality

What are the eight Marmot Principles and how could they transform the health of a local area?

When are you putting the heating on?
Your views

When are you putting the heating on?