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How much will you spend on Christmas?

How much will you spend on Christmas?
We went to one of Britain’s busiest shopping streets to ask people how the cost of living crisis is affecting their Christmas plans
Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills: ‘It is for my future’

Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills: ‘It is for my future’
Big Issue was invited to the Bromley by Bow Centre as the government unveiled plans for community hubs like these to get funding to teach people digital skills. The centre is carrying out vital work, but is the funding enough to keep people digitally literate at a time when technology is changing so rapidly? We asked the minister for digital inclusion, Liz Lloyd
Labour’s immigration changes could cost £11bn due to ‘significant loss’ for UK workforce

Labour’s immigration changes could cost £11bn due to ‘significant loss’ for UK workforce
Former home secretary Yvette Cooper made sweeping changes to the UK’s immigration system, including ending recruitment on the health and care worker visa
Labour’s failure to commit to national Housing First expansion ‘risks thousands losing their home’
Labour’s failure to commit to national Housing First expansion ‘risks thousands losing their home’
Watch Big Issue vendor André bring his Christmas song to life with a London choir
Watch Big Issue vendor André bring his Christmas song to life with a London choir
‘Long overdue’: New Child Protection Authority announced – but will it stop grooming gangs?

‘Long overdue’: New Child Protection Authority announced – but will it stop grooming gangs?
More than 380,000 people will spend Christmas homeless – what does Labour’s strategy mean for them?

More than 380,000 people will spend Christmas homeless – what does Labour’s strategy mean for them?
Labour aims to halve number of rough sleepers by 2029 with new £3.5bn homelessness strategy

Labour aims to halve number of rough sleepers by 2029 with new £3.5bn homelessness strategy
Benefits stigma is booming. Here are the key myths around the system – debunked

Benefits stigma is booming. Here are the key myths around the system – debunked
New £3.5 million fund to test out ways to prevent homelessness and turn around London crisis

New £3.5 million fund to test out ways to prevent homelessness and turn around London crisis
Why care leavers need better access to childhood records: ‘A stranger knew more about me than I did’

Why care leavers need better access to childhood records: ‘A stranger knew more about me than I did’
How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless

How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless
Labour’s child poverty strategy under fire over ‘deeply concerning’ lack of legal targets

Labour’s child poverty strategy under fire over ‘deeply concerning’ lack of legal targets
GPs and teachers to be told when kids become homeless as part of Labour’s child poverty strategy

GPs and teachers to be told when kids become homeless as part of Labour’s child poverty strategy
Half a million kids to be lifted out of poverty with Labour’s new strategy: ‘This is a moral mission’

Half a million kids to be lifted out of poverty with Labour’s new strategy: ‘This is a moral mission’
Parents helped with cost of baby formula as first details of child poverty strategy revealed

Parents helped with cost of baby formula as first details of child poverty strategy revealed
What a row over a tent village in London’s West End says about the homelessness crisis

What a row over a tent village in London’s West End says about the homelessness crisis
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt creators reunite to tell new, exclusive Christmas tale for Big Issue

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt creators reunite to tell new, exclusive Christmas tale for Big Issue
Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025
Big Issue vendors’ dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards

Big Issue vendors’ dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards
How Reeves’ autumn budget dealt a brutal blow to Labour’s 1.5 million new homes pledge

How Reeves’ autumn budget dealt a brutal blow to Labour’s 1.5 million new homes pledge
Rachel Reeves cracks down on benefit fraud. How much could she really save – and at what cost?

Rachel Reeves cracks down on benefit fraud. How much could she really save – and at what cost?
What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?
Labour’s choice to freeze local housing allowance will ‘condemn thousands to another grim winter’

