Homelessness

Ilkeston Big Issue vendor James Allerton: ‘My dog is like a son to me’
Homelessness

Ilkeston Big Issue vendor James Allerton: ‘My dog is like a son to me’

Inside the Big Issue: Smart glasses on the streets
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Smart glasses on the streets

How Big Issue came up from the streets, 35 years on: ‘It was the most chaotic, beautiful madness’ 
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How Big Issue came up from the streets, 35 years on: ‘It was the most chaotic, beautiful madness’ 

Council spending on housing homeless families in England at almost £3bn a year: ‘It’s crippling’
Housing

Council spending on housing homeless families in England at almost £3bn a year: ‘It’s crippling’

‘I grew up in social housing and now I’m going to Harvard. It’s given me drive to change the world’
Education

‘I grew up in social housing and now I’m going to Harvard. It’s given me drive to change the world’

Why music megastar Bryan Adams became a Big Issue Ambassador: ‘Big kudos for everything you do’
Big Issue 35

Why music megastar Bryan Adams became a Big Issue Ambassador: ‘Big kudos for everything you do’

How a Big Issue vendor overcame homelessness to play hockey for England: ‘It means everything’
Big Issue 35

How a Big Issue vendor overcame homelessness to play hockey for England: ‘It means everything’

Rents are set to rise 5% by the end of 2026. Here’s what it could mean for homelessness
Renting

Rents are set to rise 5% by the end of 2026. Here’s what it could mean for homelessness

Inside the Big Issue: 35 years of a hand up
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: 35 years of a hand up

Andy Burnham exclusive on rough sleeping plan: ‘It’s not just a one-off thing for Christmas’
Exclusive

Andy Burnham exclusive on rough sleeping plan: ‘It’s not just a one-off thing for Christmas’

Bryan Adams named as Big Issue ambassador: ‘Keep fighting the fight’
Social Justice

Bryan Adams named as Big Issue ambassador: ‘Keep fighting the fight’

Meet the photographer capturing UK homelessness – who became homeless himself
Photography

Meet the photographer capturing UK homelessness – who became homeless himself

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

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

‘My dad died hiding a gambling addiction and homelessness. I wish he had let us help him’
Homelessness

‘My dad died hiding a gambling addiction and homelessness. I wish he had let us help him’

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

‘Andy Burnham must not repeat the mistakes of the past on homelessness’
Letters

‘Andy Burnham must not repeat the mistakes of the past on homelessness’

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The Conservatives want to cut housing benefit to fund defence spending. But will it work?
Housing

The Conservatives want to cut housing benefit to fund defence spending. But will it work?

I was homeless as a child. I know what Andy Burnham needs to do to end rough sleeping for good
Danny Beales

I was homeless as a child. I know what Andy Burnham needs to do to end rough sleeping for good

Can transforming closed pubs into homes offer a solution to the housing crisis? 
Housing

Can transforming closed pubs into homes offer a solution to the housing crisis? 

Shane Torres: ‘My dad was homeless. It’s sobering to see your model of a man failing completely’
Culture

Shane Torres: ‘My dad was homeless. It’s sobering to see your model of a man failing completely’