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Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury reunite to create exclusive festive tale for the Big Issue
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Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury reunite to create exclusive festive tale for the Big Issue

Creators of all-time classic We’re Going on a Bear Hunt join forces on Pax: A Festive Tale, published exclusively in next week’s Big Issue

Big Issue partners with Animal Friends Insurance to equip vendors’ dogs with their own iconic red tabard
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Big Issue partners with Animal Friends Insurance to equip vendors’ dogs with their own iconic red tabard

The tabards are designed to bring visibility to vendors’ canine companions during their biggest sales period of the year

Real vendors’ real stories in real time: Big Issue launches groundbreaking new “one take” Christmas ad
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Real vendors’ real stories in real time: Big Issue launches groundbreaking new “one take” Christmas ad

Big Issue’s 2025 Christmas campaign asks people to “stop, talk and support” vendors as new research shows a rise in societal disconnection

Silent streets: New report finds over half of Big Issue vendors’ greetings now go ignored
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Silent streets: New report finds over half of Big Issue vendors’ greetings now go ignored

Deck your walls with limited edition prints by leading artists to support Big Issue at Christmas
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Deck your walls with limited edition prints by leading artists to support Big Issue at Christmas

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Over 65 charities, campaigners, celebrities and politicians urge UK government set targets against child poverty strategy
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Over 65 charities, campaigners, celebrities and politicians urge UK government set targets against child poverty strategy

Westminster must set ambitious, measurable targets to reduce child poverty
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Westminster must set ambitious, measurable targets to reduce child poverty

Newcastle Big Issue vendor facing no-fault eviction weeks after new law banning section 21 notices gets royal assent
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Newcastle Big Issue vendor facing no-fault eviction weeks after new law banning section 21 notices gets royal assent

Owner of Pontefract property offers chance for four people to win a night’s stay in ‘Yorkshire’s most haunted house’
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Owner of Pontefract property offers chance for four people to win a night’s stay in ‘Yorkshire’s most haunted house’

Big Issue featured in new street art mural celebrating efforts to help homeless people in Bristol
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Big Issue featured in new street art mural celebrating efforts to help homeless people in Bristol

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

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

Big Issue Impact Advisory appoints Sasha Afanasieva as new MD
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Big Issue Impact Advisory appoints Sasha Afanasieva as new MD

Prolific artists Opake and Slawn unite for Big Issue takeover
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Prolific artists Opake and Slawn unite for Big Issue takeover

“My customers have been very good to me”: Big Issue vendor Tony Flynn returns to work after triple heart bypass
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“My customers have been very good to me”: Big Issue vendor Tony Flynn returns to work after triple heart bypass

Big Issue Invest names Holger Westphely as new Managing Director
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Big Issue Invest names Holger Westphely as new Managing Director

“When I met Prince William, it pulled me out of wallow”: Cambridge Big Issue vendor reflects on royal hand-up through homelessness project
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“When I met Prince William, it pulled me out of wallow”: Cambridge Big Issue vendor reflects on royal hand-up through homelessness project

Big Issue calls for Scotland-style poverty reduction targets as new analysis exposes huge gap in progress between UK nations
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Big Issue calls for Scotland-style poverty reduction targets as new analysis exposes huge gap in progress between UK nations

“The Senedd has failed”: Welsh Labour criticised as Minister admits growing rift with UK Labour at Big Issue Big Debate
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“The Senedd has failed”: Welsh Labour criticised as Minister admits growing rift with UK Labour at Big Issue Big Debate

Big Issue YouGov GB poll finds more than two-thirds (68%) of Reform supporters want the government to do more to tackle poverty
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Big Issue YouGov GB poll finds more than two-thirds (68%) of Reform supporters want the government to do more to tackle poverty

Big Issue partners with Bute Energy to help jobseekers facing employment barriers find work in Welsh renewables
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Big Issue partners with Bute Energy to help jobseekers facing employment barriers find work in Welsh renewables

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“Men start wars, women don’t.” Dorothea Barron, one of last surviving Wrens, speaks exclusively to Big Issue
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“Men start wars, women don’t.” Dorothea Barron, one of last surviving Wrens, speaks exclusively to Big Issue

10-year-old Ashton Whitaker from Hull wins competition to have drawing displayed on the cover of the Big Issue
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10-year-old Ashton Whitaker from Hull wins competition to have drawing displayed on the cover of the Big Issue

Big Grow Initiative set to transform Norwich communities through urban gardening
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Big Grow Initiative set to transform Norwich communities through urban gardening

“Let’s get to work”: Big Issue announces star-studded line-up of new Ambassadors to showcase social impact
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“Let’s get to work”: Big Issue announces star-studded line-up of new Ambassadors to showcase social impact