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‘I’m happy to pay for uni, but I’ll never clear my debt’: Graduates hit out at student loans crisis
Student debt

‘I’m happy to pay for uni, but I’ll never clear my debt’: Graduates hit out at student loans crisis

Even with a well-paid graduate job, George’s student loan keeps climbing. Like millions of others, he is tens of thousands of pounds in debt.
Thousands raised to pay for popular Big Issue vendor’s funeral: ‘We are better for knowing Paul’
Floral tributes and messages have been left on 'Paul's bench' in Summertown, Oxford
Our Vendors

Thousands raised to pay for popular Big Issue vendor’s funeral: ‘We are better for knowing Paul’

Why you should take one hour out of your day and look to the skies
Britain’s birds

Why you should take one hour out of your day and look to the skies

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Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham’s Britain would look like
Politics

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham’s Britain would look like

Disabled people could face benefit cuts – even if they cannot work, Citizens Advice warns
Disability benefits

Disabled people could face benefit cuts – even if they cannot work, Citizens Advice warns

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Cost of living crisis

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‘I’m happy to pay for uni, but I’ll never clear my debt’: Graduates hit out at student loans crisis
Student debt

‘I’m happy to pay for uni, but I’ll never clear my debt’: Graduates hit out at student loans crisis

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham’s Britain would look like
Andy Burnham with Big Issue vendor Colin
Politics

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham’s Britain would look like

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?

Starmer ties the UK’s Greenland stance to the cost of living crisis. Is it a false choice?
Prime minister Keir Starmer.
Politics

Starmer ties the UK’s Greenland stance to the cost of living crisis. Is it a false choice?

Housing

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Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
rents uk
Renting

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?

Labour has announced its Warm Homes Plan. Here’s what it means for energy bills and the climate crisis
Keir Starmer and Ed Miliband visit an energy provider training centre
Housing

Labour has announced its Warm Homes Plan. Here’s what it means for energy bills and the climate crisis

10 global solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis to give you hope for the future
A family supported by Platform for Social Housing in the Czech Republic looking out their balcony
Housing

10 global solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis to give you hope for the future

Inside the unique project tackling homelessness as a community: ‘We should have one in every town’
Harbour Project resident Darren Rowe
Homelessness

Inside the unique project tackling homelessness as a community: ‘We should have one in every town’

Our vendors

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Thousands raised to pay for popular Big Issue vendor’s funeral: ‘We are better for knowing Paul’
Floral tributes and messages have been left on 'Paul's bench' in Summertown, Oxford
Our Vendors

Thousands raised to pay for popular Big Issue vendor’s funeral: ‘We are better for knowing Paul’

This is why Big Issue is ripe for reinvention
John Bird

This is why Big Issue is ripe for reinvention

Inside the Big Issue: Paddington lives!
A Big Issue magazine cover with Paddington Bear on it
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Paddington lives!

Letters: The world belongs to all of us – so let’s make it a kinder place 
Letters

Letters: The world belongs to all of us – so let’s make it a kinder place 

Employment

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It’s early January and FTSE 100 CEOs have already earned more than an average worker’s yearly pay
Stock photo of UK bank notes and coins
Wages

It’s early January and FTSE 100 CEOs have already earned more than an average worker’s yearly pay

Low-paid and sick workers less likely to have flexible working options: ‘Not a nice-to-have’
A woman works at a laptop
Employment

Low-paid and sick workers less likely to have flexible working options: ‘Not a nice-to-have’

Insecure work and the gig economy: Employment in Britain worse than reported, study finds
a delivery driver carrying boxes to a van
Work

Insecure work and the gig economy: Employment in Britain worse than reported, study finds

Inside the chocolate factory spreading sweet treats – and helping autistic people find work
Employment

Inside the chocolate factory spreading sweet treats – and helping autistic people find work

Social justice

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‘I’m happy to pay for uni, but I’ll never clear my debt’: Graduates hit out at student loans crisis
Student debt

‘I’m happy to pay for uni, but I’ll never clear my debt’: Graduates hit out at student loans crisis

Disabled people could face benefit cuts – even if they cannot work, Citizens Advice warns
Disability benefits

Disabled people could face benefit cuts – even if they cannot work, Citizens Advice warns

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?

Jessie Buckley, Judi Dench and famous mums call on Mumsnet to demand maternity care in Gaza
Imelda Staunton, Joanna Lumley, Jessie Buckley and Judi Dench.
Gaza

Jessie Buckley, Judi Dench and famous mums call on Mumsnet to demand maternity care in Gaza

Activism

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How the UK’s only cash-first food bank is shattering myths around aid: ‘Cash is the issue’
Food banks

How the UK’s only cash-first food bank is shattering myths around aid: ‘Cash is the issue’

Meet the people volunteering in Ukraine amid a life of war and air strikes: ‘All of society is mobilised’
Ukraine

Meet the people volunteering in Ukraine amid a life of war and air strikes: ‘All of society is mobilised’

Gordon Brown: ‘This can’t go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable’
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Gordon Brown: ‘This can’t go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable’

Comedian Suzi Ruffell: ‘Laughter is a wonderful thing. It helps us see each other’s humanity’
Suzi Ruffell at the Spread a Smile Comedy evening at the Comedy Store in 2025. Image: Suzan Angela Moore
Christmas

Comedian Suzi Ruffell: ‘Laughter is a wonderful thing. It helps us see each other’s humanity’

Environment

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Why you should take one hour out of your day and look to the skies
Britain’s birds

Why you should take one hour out of your day and look to the skies

Labour has announced its Warm Homes Plan. Here’s what it means for energy bills and the climate crisis
Keir Starmer and Ed Miliband visit an energy provider training centre
Housing

Labour has announced its Warm Homes Plan. Here’s what it means for energy bills and the climate crisis

‘It won’t work’: Labour can’t fix broken water system without tackling ownership, experts say
Water

‘It won’t work’: Labour can’t fix broken water system without tackling ownership, experts say

I care for my disabled son. South East Water outages left us without water for six days
A dripping tap against dappled sunlight
Water

I care for my disabled son. South East Water outages left us without water for six days