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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

The Big Issue has been investigating crisis pregnancy centres in the UK, which have been known to misinform women around abortion. Taxpayer money has gone towards funding some of them

Labour deputy leader Lucy Powell on benefit cuts, landlords and taking on Farage: ‘There’s no quick fix’
Politics

Labour deputy leader Lucy Powell on benefit cuts, landlords and taking on Farage: ‘There’s no quick fix’

Big Issue spoke with deputy leadership hopeful Lucy Powell about her hopes for the future of the Labour party and the country

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

Many faith-based crisis pregnancy centres are believed to offer an ‘ethical’ service, but there are some which have been found to be ‘misleading’ women. It is becoming increasingly difficult to tell which as centres may ‘hide their ideological aims’

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?

Big Issue’s greatest interviews in history published in a collection for the first time
Big Issue

Big Issue’s greatest interviews in history published in a collection for the first time

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Big Issue ambassador Kwajo Tweneboa launches podcast to reveal famous faces’ humble beginnings
Podcasts

Big Issue ambassador Kwajo Tweneboa launches podcast to reveal famous faces’ humble beginnings

Bear Grylls puts focus on hidden homelessness in new short film: ‘We can break the stigma’
Homelessness

Bear Grylls puts focus on hidden homelessness in new short film: ‘We can break the stigma’

Labour pledges homelessness cash boost to help kids in temporary accommodation ahead of winter
Homelessness

Labour pledges homelessness cash boost to help kids in temporary accommodation ahead of winter

Big Issue Invest more than triples investments in 20th year, with £9.4 million deployed to social purpose organisations
Big Issue Invest

Big Issue Invest more than triples investments in 20th year, with £9.4 million deployed to social purpose organisations

One mum’s months-long ordeal to find out how her son died in a homeless hostel: ‘I need answers’
Homelessness

One mum’s months-long ordeal to find out how her son died in a homeless hostel: ‘I need answers’

DWP job advisers will soon be in GP surgeries and mental health services
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP job advisers will soon be in GP surgeries and mental health services

More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year: ‘Too many people miss out’
Benefits

More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year: ‘Too many people miss out’

Four people died while homeless every day in the UK last year: ‘People continue to be failed’
Homelessness

Four people died while homeless every day in the UK last year: ‘People continue to be failed’

Homeless people needed protecting from hot weather more than ever before in 2025
Homelessness

Homeless people needed protecting from hot weather more than ever before in 2025

Kinship carers are sleeping on sofas and floors to keep children out of care, study finds
Care system

Kinship carers are sleeping on sofas and floors to keep children out of care, study finds

Hidden crisis of fires ripping through Gypsy and Traveller sites is ‘a fatal tragedy waiting to happen’
Gypsies and Travellers

Hidden crisis of fires ripping through Gypsy and Traveller sites is ‘a fatal tragedy waiting to happen’

Rent controls coming to Scotland as Holyrood passes ‘ground-breaking’ housing bill
Housing

Rent controls coming to Scotland as Holyrood passes ‘ground-breaking’ housing bill

Labour could replace two-child limit with a tapered system. Is it enough to tackle child poverty?
Child poverty

Labour could replace two-child limit with a tapered system. Is it enough to tackle child poverty?

The Hack creator Jack Thorne: ‘We’re living in a world where no one seems to trust anything’
TV

The Hack creator Jack Thorne: ‘We’re living in a world where no one seems to trust anything’

Inside the mission to make Cumbria the first anti-racist county in the UK
Racism

Inside the mission to make Cumbria the first anti-racist county in the UK

Big Issue and Lenovo partner to support digital access for UK social enterprises
Digital inclusion

Big Issue and Lenovo partner to support digital access for UK social enterprises

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Where are Labour’s new towns going to be built?
New towns

Where are Labour’s new towns going to be built?

My baby brother died after falling from a high-rise window. His life could have been saved
Housing

My baby brother died after falling from a high-rise window. His life could have been saved

Russia is ‘a threat to the whole world’, warns Ukrainian war hero: ‘Do not let the world forget’
Ukraine war

Russia is ‘a threat to the whole world’, warns Ukrainian war hero: ‘Do not let the world forget’

Tragic death of a Blackpool man sleeping in a tent dragged into asylum hotel row: ‘It’s entirely wrong’
Homelessness

Tragic death of a Blackpool man sleeping in a tent dragged into asylum hotel row: ‘It’s entirely wrong’