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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

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

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’

New way for Big Issue vendors to take cashless payments up for prestigious award
Our vendors

New way for Big Issue vendors to take cashless payments up for prestigious award

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’

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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

Supermarkets have a near monopoly on British food. Is it time for change?
Food

Supermarkets have a near monopoly on British food. Is it time for change?

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