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Inside the Big Issue: Trust issues
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Trust issues

London workers earn in 8 months what Burnley workers do in a year. It’s hurting UK growth
Wages

London workers earn in 8 months what Burnley workers do in a year. It’s hurting UK growth

‘I’m going to miss him’: Calls for plaque in memory to ‘gentle’ Big Issue vendor who died aged 57
Our Vendors

‘I’m going to miss him’: Calls for plaque in memory to ‘gentle’ Big Issue vendor who died aged 57

Tories under fire over U-turn on pledge to protect renters from no-fault evictions
Renting

Tories under fire over U-turn on pledge to protect renters from no-fault evictions

Right to Buy sales are set to plummet – but Labour is still facing £50bn bill to fix housing crisis
Housing crisis

Right to Buy sales are set to plummet – but Labour is still facing £50bn bill to fix housing crisis

Government rejects MPs’ bid to cap record-high rents as Renters’ Rights Bill passes through Commons
RENTING

Government rejects MPs’ bid to cap record-high rents as Renters’ Rights Bill passes through Commons

‘Rushed implementation’ of AI in DWP benefits system could ‘harm’ people, experts fear
Department for Work and Pensions

‘Rushed implementation’ of AI in DWP benefits system could ‘harm’ people, experts fear

Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel
Our vendors

Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel

Renters’ Rights Bill must stop landlords raising rents above wages or inflation, government told
RENTING

Renters’ Rights Bill must stop landlords raising rents above wages or inflation, government told

Retailers warn there’s ‘little hope of prices going anywhere but up’ – while they make huge profits
Cost of living crisis

Retailers warn there’s ‘little hope of prices going anywhere but up’ – while they make huge profits

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell
ENERGY BILLS

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell

Building 1.5 million homes will only ‘make a dent’ in housing crisis, warns Angela Rayner
Housing crisis

Building 1.5 million homes will only ‘make a dent’ in housing crisis, warns Angela Rayner

More than half of Brits think there’ll always be significant levels of homelessness
Homelessness

More than half of Brits think there’ll always be significant levels of homelessness

‘I have patients in pain waiting years’: Healthcare workers ‘cautious’ about Labour’s NHS plans
NHS

‘I have patients in pain waiting years’: Healthcare workers ‘cautious’ about Labour’s NHS plans

Energy bills expected to rise again in April – and it could be ‘soul destroying’ for struggling families
Energy bills

Energy bills expected to rise again in April – and it could be ‘soul destroying’ for struggling families

Labour must clamp down on ‘mega-donors’ like Elon Musk influencing UK politics, experts warn
Politics

Labour must clamp down on ‘mega-donors’ like Elon Musk influencing UK politics, experts warn

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This is how racism pushes people into homelessness: ‘I’d have been treated differently if I was white’
Homelessness

This is how racism pushes people into homelessness: ‘I’d have been treated differently if I was white’

Inside the Big Issue: Grab life by the horns
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Grab life by the horns

How has Christmas changed since the year man landed on the moon?
Christmas

How has Christmas changed since the year man landed on the moon?

‘It’s an absolute crisis’: Someone falls into homelessness in London every seven and a half minutes
Homelessness

‘It’s an absolute crisis’: Someone falls into homelessness in London every seven and a half minutes