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Big Issue founder renews calls for child poverty targets: ‘I am gifting the government a chance’

Big Issue founder renews calls for child poverty targets: ‘I am gifting the government a chance’
A group of peers led by Big Issue founder John Bird are set to try to force the government to introduce legally-binding child poverty targets
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
Calls for immediate no-fault eviction ban as new stats cast doubt on so-called landlord exodus

Calls for immediate no-fault eviction ban as new stats cast doubt on so-called landlord exodus
Lord John Bird tabled amendment to Renters’ Rights Bill calling for ban 2,222 days after government first promised to abolish section 21 evictions
Letters: I’m a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen
Letters: I’m a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen
Big Issue founder storms out of ‘farce’ rough sleeping inquiry: ‘I’ve heard this for 30 years’
Big Issue founder storms out of ‘farce’ rough sleeping inquiry: ‘I’ve heard this for 30 years’
‘Real change is essential’: Our blueprint for change shows how Sunak and Starmer can end poverty for good
