John Bird
The number of homeless deaths is an entirely preventable tragedy. What are we doing?

The number of homeless deaths is an entirely preventable tragedy. What are we doing?
Many people experience homelessness as the result of inherited poverty. We can fix this, but we have to really want to
Big Issue Invest more than triples investments in 20th year, with £9.4 million deployed to social purpose organisations

Big Issue Invest more than triples investments in 20th year, with £9.4 million deployed to social purpose organisations
The leading social investor reports significant growth in funds invested in 2024/25 as it celebrates 20 years since launch
Marmot principles should be applied to government departments for ending poverty

Marmot principles should be applied to government departments for ending poverty
Marmot has shown that joined-up thinking works. It’s time to expand that idea
The only way forward is to split the poverty atom
The only way forward is to split the poverty atom
How government inaction is radicalising Britain
How government inaction is radicalising Britain
The fall of Angela Rayner emphasises the rise in power of property ownership

The fall of Angela Rayner emphasises the rise in power of property ownership
My hiatus from work led to some new ideas around poverty prevention

My hiatus from work led to some new ideas around poverty prevention
England and Wales must follow Scotland’s lead and set legal targets to end child poverty

England and Wales must follow Scotland’s lead and set legal targets to end child poverty
Labour rejects Big Issue founder’s bid to set legally binding child poverty reduction targets

Labour rejects Big Issue founder’s bid to set legally binding child poverty reduction targets
Arise Sir Gordon! Big Issue co-founder Gordon Roddick knighted in King’s birthday honours

Arise Sir Gordon! Big Issue co-founder Gordon Roddick knighted in King’s birthday honours
Poverty always gets our prime ministers in the end

Poverty always gets our prime ministers in the end
The pursuit of kindness seems to have been abandoned

The pursuit of kindness seems to have been abandoned
What our world leaders could learn from George Eliot’s Middlemarch

What our world leaders could learn from George Eliot’s Middlemarch
The modernisers of postwar Britain forgot one vital ingredient

The modernisers of postwar Britain forgot one vital ingredient
Labour’s poverty failure ‘risks driving voters to Reform UK’, warns Big Issue founder

Labour’s poverty failure ‘risks driving voters to Reform UK’, warns Big Issue founder
Big Issue YouGov GB poll finds more than two-thirds (68%) of Reform supporters want the government to do more to tackle poverty

Big Issue YouGov GB poll finds more than two-thirds (68%) of Reform supporters want the government to do more to tackle poverty
Lord John Bird demands Labour set child poverty reduction targets in Children’s Bill amendment

Lord John Bird demands Labour set child poverty reduction targets in Children’s Bill amendment
I’ve written over a million words about poverty – here’s what I’ve learned

I’ve written over a million words about poverty – here’s what I’ve learned
The truth was just as hard to find in the old days as it is now

The truth was just as hard to find in the old days as it is now
Big Issue coming to Cardiff for next Big Community Roadshow

Big Issue coming to Cardiff for next Big Community Roadshow
World War II made America great. Trump’s trade war could finally be its undoing

World War II made America great. Trump’s trade war could finally be its undoing
Why working as a butcher’s boy made me feel like an earlier version of AI

Why working as a butcher’s boy made me feel like an earlier version of AI
Social opportunity should take the place of social security 

Social opportunity should take the place of social security
There’s no defence for raiding the social security pot
