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‘When my mates were playing football, I had to queue for my free meal. It was embarrassing’
Politics

‘When my mates were playing football, I had to queue for my free meal. It was embarrassing’

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan told Big Issue how free school meals shaped his life in his Letter To My Younger Self interview. Sign up to our new Letter To My Younger Self Extra newsletter for more

Inside the Big Issue: Nice to meet Myles Smith
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Nice to meet Myles Smith

In our bumper music special, we meet Myles Smith, Tinie Tempah, and more. Buy a copy from your local vendor.

Sadiq Khan: ‘Maybe Trump fancies me, I don’t know. I’m happily married! I’m not interested’
Letter To My Younger Self

Sadiq Khan: ‘Maybe Trump fancies me, I don’t know. I’m happily married! I’m not interested’

London’s mayor is celebrating 10 years this month. His hectic childhood has informed his political life and decisions

Boost for Sadiq Khan as rough sleeping in London plummets: ‘Now build on it’
Homelessness

Boost for Sadiq Khan as rough sleeping in London plummets: ‘Now build on it’

Rough sleeping in London hits new record high – showing ‘normalised emergency’ on capital’s streets
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London hits new record high – showing ‘normalised emergency’ on capital’s streets

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How 2026 can mark the beginning of the end for rough sleeping
Emma Haddad

How 2026 can mark the beginning of the end for rough sleeping

They warned free school meals would hurt school budgets. Something much more interesting happened
Free school meals

They warned free school meals would hurt school budgets. Something much more interesting happened

How family hubs are helping families in poverty when they need it most: ‘Money is never enough’
Family hubs

How family hubs are helping families in poverty when they need it most: ‘Money is never enough’

More than 100,000 children will spend Christmas homeless in London: ‘It’s heart-breaking’
Housing

More than 100,000 children will spend Christmas homeless in London: ‘It’s heart-breaking’

New £3.5 million fund to test out ways to prevent homelessness and turn around London crisis
homelessness

New £3.5 million fund to test out ways to prevent homelessness and turn around London crisis

Sadiq Khan condemns ‘unfair profiteering’ from sales of Right to Buy homes back to councils
Yo-yo Homes

Sadiq Khan condemns ‘unfair profiteering’ from sales of Right to Buy homes back to councils

What lessons do Sadiq Khan’s free school meals have for Labour as two-child benefit cap ends?
Child poverty

What lessons do Sadiq Khan’s free school meals have for Labour as two-child benefit cap ends?

More than 4,700 people are homeless on London’s streets: ‘The situation is terrible’
Homelessness

More than 4,700 people are homeless on London’s streets: ‘The situation is terrible’

Rough sleeping in London ‘nowhere near on track’ to end by 2030
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London ‘nowhere near on track’ to end by 2030

Rough sleeping in London hits record high amid warnings of benefit cuts making things worse
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London hits record high amid warnings of benefit cuts making things worse

Sadiq Khan reveals new plan to end rough sleeping in London for good – with prevention at its heart
Rough Sleeping

Sadiq Khan reveals new plan to end rough sleeping in London for good – with prevention at its heart

Number of rough sleepers living long-term on London’s streets surges almost 40% in just a year
Rough sleeping

Number of rough sleepers living long-term on London’s streets surges almost 40% in just a year

Rough sleeping in London ‘as bad as it’s been’ but Sadiq Khan warns things won’t improve until 2026
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London ‘as bad as it’s been’ but Sadiq Khan warns things won’t improve until 2026

Rough sleeping in London won’t get better until 2026, says Sadiq Khan
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Rough sleeping in London won’t get better until 2026, says Sadiq Khan

‘We are sick and tired’: Hundreds of renters demand ‘rent controls now’ in Christmas protest
RENTING

‘We are sick and tired’: Hundreds of renters demand ‘rent controls now’ in Christmas protest

Sadiq Khan warns lack of affordable homes causing ‘profound and devastating’ effect on Londoners
Housing

Sadiq Khan warns lack of affordable homes causing ‘profound and devastating’ effect on Londoners

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‘I’m sorry’: London mayor Sadiq Khan apologises to homeless kids spending Christmas in hotels
Homelessness

‘I’m sorry’: London mayor Sadiq Khan apologises to homeless kids spending Christmas in hotels

Landlords are worried about rent controls. Will Labour introduce them to cap record-high rents?
Rent controls

Landlords are worried about rent controls. Will Labour introduce them to cap record-high rents?

Work starting on new affordable homes in London at record low: ‘People will become homeless’
Housing crisis

Work starting on new affordable homes in London at record low: ‘People will become homeless’

Could banning cars turn London’s Oxford Street from ‘hell’ into paradise?
London

Could banning cars turn London’s Oxford Street from ‘hell’ into paradise?