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Buy now, pay later? Understanding the new rules, the risks and how it all works
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Buy now, pay later

Buy now, pay later? Understanding the new rules, the risks and how it all works

Experts warn that just because buy now, pay later payment plans are popular, it 'doesn't automatically mean they're safe'
Letters: Pensioners like me are privileged to receive a triple-lock pension
Letters

Letters: Pensioners like me are privileged to receive a triple-lock pension

Calls for a law change to protect survivors of domestic abuse left on the verge of financial ruin
domestic abuse survivor/ silhouette of woman
Domestic abuse

Calls for a law change to protect survivors of domestic abuse left on the verge of financial ruin

Letters: Reform getting in will cause a lot of civil disruption
Letters

Letters: Reform getting in will cause a lot of civil disruption

Meet the chefs braving Russian drones and gunfire to feed troops on Ukraine's frontline
Ukraine war

Meet the chefs braving Russian drones and gunfire to feed troops on Ukraine's frontline

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Children need more Welsh veg on their plates, Future Generations Commissioner insists
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Food

Children need more Welsh veg on their plates, Future Generations Commissioner insists

Where to get free financial advice now – from benefits to budgeting
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Money

Where to get free financial advice now – from benefits to budgeting

Meet the community champions working to end hunger and keep Britain fed: 'Hunger is solvable'
Food poverty

Meet the community champions working to end hunger and keep Britain fed: 'Hunger is solvable'

How bringing back Churchill's wartime canteen culture could help tackle food poverty
Food

How bringing back Churchill's wartime canteen culture could help tackle food poverty

100-year-old WW2 heroine Dorothea: 'As soon as the war finished we were told to go back to the kitchen'
letter to my younger self

100-year-old WW2 heroine Dorothea: 'As soon as the war finished we were told to go back to the kitchen'

UK risks 'sleepwalking into crisis' as cashless society shuts out more and more vulnerable people
A sign reading 'CARD ONLY'
Money

UK risks 'sleepwalking into crisis' as cashless society shuts out more and more vulnerable people

Covid left me thousands of pounds in debt – I was suicidal. Here's how I turned things around
Debt

Covid left me thousands of pounds in debt – I was suicidal. Here's how I turned things around

Letters: Should we be reducing our consumption of American things?
Letters

Letters: Should we be reducing our consumption of American things?

I got a loan to help me pay for my dad's funeral. The interest sent me spiralling into debt
Finances

I got a loan to help me pay for my dad's funeral. The interest sent me spiralling into debt

From smoking and nerve gas to poor quality air: How the act of breathing became political
Health

From smoking and nerve gas to poor quality air: How the act of breathing became political

Letters: If billionaires stockpiled food, would we all be left to starve?
Letters

Letters: If billionaires stockpiled food, would we all be left to starve?

Paula Radcliffe: 'I thought I'd never get over the Olympics – but it's just sport'
Letter To My Younger Self

Paula Radcliffe: 'I thought I'd never get over the Olympics – but it's just sport'

Green Party leader calls for urgent NHS reforms to stop homeless people being denied eye care
Green party co-leader Carla Denyer seen speaking at a Specsavers event calling for inclusive eye care for homeless people
Health

Green Party leader calls for urgent NHS reforms to stop homeless people being denied eye care

How to align your finances with your values: Tips for sustainable spending
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Ethical shopping

How to align your finances with your values: Tips for sustainable spending

Too many homeless people resort to pulling their own teeth. These dentists are trying to change that
Dentist Neil Sikka
Health

Too many homeless people resort to pulling their own teeth. These dentists are trying to change that

Letters: Please don't blame Boomers for everything 
Letters

Letters: Please don't blame Boomers for everything 

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How to get out of debt: Simple steps to go from red to black
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Debt

How to get out of debt: Simple steps to go from red to black

Letters: Stop assuming everyone with a house is somehow rich and without problems
Letters

Letters: Stop assuming everyone with a house is somehow rich and without problems

This life saving-clinic is helping homeless people breathe better – and reducing strain on the NHS
Homelessness

This life saving-clinic is helping homeless people breathe better – and reducing strain on the NHS

Big Issue's new Big Grow initiative set to transform communities through urban gardening
St Georges Church on the corner of Colegate and Magdalen Street in the city of Norwich, Norfolk captured on a dull and wet Sunday.
Big Grow

Big Issue's new Big Grow initiative set to transform communities through urban gardening

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