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Meet the ex-Big Issue vendor who went from homelessness to giving Prince William a tour of Aberdeen
Homelessness

Meet the ex-Big Issue vendor who went from homelessness to giving Prince William a tour of Aberdeen

Former Edinburgh Big Issue seller Angus gives walking tours of Aberdeen as part of Invisible Cities. He recently had a royal visitor as Prince William’s Homewards initiative launched a new way to help homeless people into work

Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: ‘We’re in a fight’
Big Issue Ambassadors

Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: ‘We’re in a fight’

Big Issue’s five new group ambassadors talk about they intend to use their platforms and specialisms to change lives

Inside the Big Issue: Michael Sheen’s great debt battle
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Michael Sheen’s great debt battle

In this week’s Big Issue, we speak to Michael Sheen about his battle to help people deal with debt. Buy a copy from your local vendor!

Inside the Big Issue: 40 years on from the miners’ strike
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: 40 years on from the miners’ strike

Aberdeen vendor shares fears over M&S closure with local MP: “She’s in our corner”
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Aberdeen vendor shares fears over M&S closure with local MP: “She’s in our corner”

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It’s Random Acts of Kindness Day. For this Big Issue vendor, kindness is always around him
Random Acts of Kindness

It’s Random Acts of Kindness Day. For this Big Issue vendor, kindness is always around him

Ledbury Big Issue vendor tells local MP: ‘Take my concerns to Westminster’
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Ledbury Big Issue vendor tells local MP: ‘Take my concerns to Westminster’

Letters: We’re all ‘economically active’ whether working or not – even my dog contributes to GDP
Letters

Letters: We’re all ‘economically active’ whether working or not – even my dog contributes to GDP

Inside the Big Issue: Meet Dwayne Fields, the new UK Chief Scout on a mission
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Meet Dwayne Fields, the new UK Chief Scout on a mission

‘It’s surreal’: Big Issue vendor sees his own portrait at powerful homelessness exhibition
Our Vendors

‘It’s surreal’: Big Issue vendor sees his own portrait at powerful homelessness exhibition

As misinformation thrives, you can trust in Big Issue
Paul McNamee

As misinformation thrives, you can trust in Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Trust issues
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Trust issues

‘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

Letters: I’m a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen
Letters

Letters: I’m a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen

Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024
2024

Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024

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

Inside the Big Issue: Grab life by the horns

Inside the Big Issue: Delivering hope. Merry Christmas
Inside Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Delivering hope. Merry Christmas

Much-loved Big Issue vendor given wooden hut at Christmas market: ‘He’s part of the family’
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Much-loved Big Issue vendor given wooden hut at Christmas market: ‘He’s part of the family’

The remarkable story of how a stray puppy survived a Macedonian ‘kill shelter’ to find a loving home
Dogs of Big Issue

The remarkable story of how a stray puppy survived a Macedonian ‘kill shelter’ to find a loving home

Sanditon star Rose Williams helps Big Issue with Christmas deliveries: ‘A pleasure and a privilege’
Christmas

Sanditon star Rose Williams helps Big Issue with Christmas deliveries: ‘A pleasure and a privilege’

Dogs that have transformed the lives of Big Issue vendors: “Our bond is not like anything else”
Press Release

Dogs that have transformed the lives of Big Issue vendors: “Our bond is not like anything else”

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Inside this issue: Wham!’s Last Christmas turns 40
Inside the Big Issue

Inside this issue: Wham!’s Last Christmas turns 40

Inside the Big Issue: Wicked Ways
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Wicked Ways

1 in 5 Brits say they’ve sofa surfed amid record levels of homelessness heading into Christmas
Homelessness

1 in 5 Brits say they’ve sofa surfed amid record levels of homelessness heading into Christmas

Inside the Big Issue: Fearless Chris McCausland
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Fearless Chris McCausland