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Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham’s Britain would look like
Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham’s Britain would look like
What Andy Burnham’s Britain would look like if he managed to turn his Makerfield by-election victory into toppling prime minister Keir Starmer
In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods
In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods
Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: ‘What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?’
Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: ‘What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?’
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Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?
Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?
Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
Cost of living crisis
Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham’s Britain would look like
Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham’s Britain would look like
Inside the Big Issue: Homelessness, Survival, Resistance
Inside the Big Issue: Homelessness, Survival, Resistance
‘Universal credit claimants are working to support their families. But the system is not’
‘Universal credit claimants are working to support their families. But the system is not’
Making gig work pay: How to manage your money with an irregular income
Making gig work pay: How to manage your money with an irregular income
Housing
Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: ‘What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?’
Big Issue founder urges action on empty homes: ‘What are we going to do about boarded-up houses?’
Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?
Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?
Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas ‘pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad’
World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas ‘pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad’
Our vendors
‘Governments understand there’s a problem with poverty – they’re just too scared to solve it’
‘Governments understand there’s a problem with poverty – they’re just too scared to solve it’
Why Big Issue vendors are giving away free books: ‘Reading is the world’
Why Big Issue vendors are giving away free books: ‘Reading is the world’
Big Issue vendors and their dogs take housing fight to parliament: ‘I’d be lost without her’
Big Issue vendors and their dogs take housing fight to parliament: ‘I’d be lost without her’
Letters: It’s easy to blame social media for our ills. It’s up to us to use it as a force for good
Letters: It’s easy to blame social media for our ills. It’s up to us to use it as a force for good
Employment
How Britain failed one million NEET young people: ‘We’re wasting a generation’s talent’
How Britain failed one million NEET young people: ‘We’re wasting a generation’s talent’
‘Give people a chance’: Monica Galetti on the restaurant helping people out of homelessness
‘Give people a chance’: Monica Galetti on the restaurant helping people out of homelessness
Masterchef star Monica Galetti joins restaurant staffed by homeless people
Masterchef star Monica Galetti joins restaurant staffed by homeless people
Youth unemployment has a ‘long-term scarring effect’ affecting finances and health decades later
Youth unemployment has a ‘long-term scarring effect’ affecting finances and health decades later
Social justice
‘I left my abuser – and then the family court gave him custody of my children’
‘I left my abuser – and then the family court gave him custody of my children’
Why Big Issue vendors are giving away free books: ‘Reading is the world’
Why Big Issue vendors are giving away free books: ‘Reading is the world’
What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say
What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say
‘I probably would have given my son up without help from a baby bank. No one else supported me’
‘I probably would have given my son up without help from a baby bank. No one else supported me’
Activism
‘Football is a release, it takes away all the stress you have and you just feel free with the ball’
‘Football is a release, it takes away all the stress you have and you just feel free with the ball’
In pictures: What does a protest look like in modern Britain?
In pictures: What does a protest look like in modern Britain?
What running with Tinie Tempah taught us about volunteering: ‘It’s important to give hope’
What running with Tinie Tempah taught us about volunteering: ‘It’s important to give hope’
Environment
In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods
In pictures: Meet the farmers in Pakistan who are rebuilding their homes after devastating floods
Is there really an air conditioning ban in Britain?
Is there really an air conditioning ban in Britain?
Chucky spent eight years in and out of homelessness. Now he’s training to keep bees
Chucky spent eight years in and out of homelessness. Now he’s training to keep bees
David Attenborough by Chris Packham: ‘I don’t think he has an earthly equal’
