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I spent four years in one of Britain’s worst jails for a murder I didn’t commit. Now I want justice
Criminal justice

I spent four years in one of Britain’s worst jails for a murder I didn’t commit. Now I want justice

An appalling miscarriage of justice has highlighted deeper issues about the government’s handling of compensation claims
‘It’s not just great beer. It’s an image of Palestine’: Meet the Middle East’s first female brewmaster
Madees Khoury holding Sun & Stone, the beer which Taybeh Brewery made with Brewgooder.
Palestine

‘It’s not just great beer. It’s an image of Palestine’: Meet the Middle East’s first female brewmaster

How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless
Lurcher dog Wilbur
Dogs

How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless

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I broke down a door to save my disabled colleague’s life – then rebuilt his home
Unsung heroes

I broke down a door to save my disabled colleague’s life – then rebuilt his home

‘I’m praying’: From hope to fear, here’s how parents feel about the new child poverty strategy
Child poverty strategy

‘I’m praying’: From hope to fear, here’s how parents feel about the new child poverty strategy

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Cost of living crisis

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Was the child poverty strategy worth the wait?
Keir Starmer speaking to families at a community centre.
Child poverty

Was the child poverty strategy worth the wait?

Everything you need to know about Labour’s child poverty strategy
Save the Children projected stark child poverty statistics onto the Houses of Parliament
Child poverty

Everything you need to know about Labour’s child poverty strategy

Half a million kids to be lifted out of poverty with Labour’s new strategy: ‘This is a moral mission’
Child poverty

Half a million kids to be lifted out of poverty with Labour’s new strategy: ‘This is a moral mission’

Parents helped with cost of baby formula as first details of child poverty strategy revealed
baby being bottle fed
Child poverty

Parents helped with cost of baby formula as first details of child poverty strategy revealed

Housing

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How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless
Lurcher dog Wilbur
Dogs

How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless

I broke down a door to save my disabled colleague’s life – then rebuilt his home
Unsung heroes

I broke down a door to save my disabled colleague’s life – then rebuilt his home

GPs and teachers to be told when kids become homeless as part of Labour’s child poverty strategy
a girl in the front room of a home in front of the window
Homelessness

GPs and teachers to be told when kids become homeless as part of Labour’s child poverty strategy

What a row over a tent village in London’s West End says about the homelessness crisis
A man and a woman with their two dogs in a tent
Homelessness

What a row over a tent village in London’s West End says about the homelessness crisis

Our vendors

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Naturalist Chris Packham meets Big Issue vendor Martin McKenzie… and his fluffy dog Bella
Dogs

Naturalist Chris Packham meets Big Issue vendor Martin McKenzie… and his fluffy dog Bella

Big Issue vendors’ dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards
Shih Tzu Rolo stands side on to the camera, looking down the lens, wearing a new red Big Issue tabard.
Dogs

Big Issue vendors’ dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards

How do Big Issue sellers make money?
Vendor Nick Cuthbert
Activism

How do Big Issue sellers make money?

Letters: I don’t even know Fairytale of New York
Letters

Letters: I don’t even know Fairytale of New York

Employment

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Employers are being urged to step up and help disabled people stay in work. But is it enough?
Pedestrians walking through London
Work

Employers are being urged to step up and help disabled people stay in work. But is it enough?

‘I was not built for the nine-to-five lifestyle’: Why so many Gen Z workers have a side hustle
Gen Z

‘I was not built for the nine-to-five lifestyle’: Why so many Gen Z workers have a side hustle

Half a million workers to receive pay rise worth up to £5k as real Living Wage rises
Hands holding a piggy bank
Real Living Wage

Half a million workers to receive pay rise worth up to £5k as real Living Wage rises

Disability and poor health drives number of young people not in work or education to almost a million
a young person sat on a bench
NEETs

Disability and poor health drives number of young people not in work or education to almost a million

Social justice

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I spent four years in one of Britain’s worst jails for a murder I didn’t commit. Now I want justice
Criminal justice

I spent four years in one of Britain’s worst jails for a murder I didn’t commit. Now I want justice

‘It’s not just great beer. It’s an image of Palestine’: Meet the Middle East’s first female brewmaster
Madees Khoury holding Sun & Stone, the beer which Taybeh Brewery made with Brewgooder.
Palestine

‘It’s not just great beer. It’s an image of Palestine’: Meet the Middle East’s first female brewmaster

‘I’m praying’: From hope to fear, here’s how parents feel about the new child poverty strategy
child in waterproof jacket
Child poverty strategy

‘I’m praying’: From hope to fear, here’s how parents feel about the new child poverty strategy

Was the child poverty strategy worth the wait?
Keir Starmer speaking to families at a community centre.
Child poverty

Was the child poverty strategy worth the wait?

Activism

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How do Big Issue sellers make money?
Vendor Nick Cuthbert
Activism

How do Big Issue sellers make money?

This Greater Manchester group patrols schools looking for ‘outsiders’ – and it’s dividing the community
Heywood

This Greater Manchester group patrols schools looking for ‘outsiders’ – and it’s dividing the community

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2026: Nominate a group or person making the world a better place
Changemakers

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2026: Nominate a group or person making the world a better place

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘It was hard to get artists to take part in Gig for Gaza’
Bobby Gillespie
Music

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘It was hard to get artists to take part in Gig for Gaza’

Environment

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This 1930s three-bedroom semi-detached family home will see tenants save big on energy bills
Ferndale Rise in Cambridge before and after renovation
Housing

This 1930s three-bedroom semi-detached family home will see tenants save big on energy bills

COP30 marks 30 years of COP climate summits. Has it actually made a difference?
COP30

COP30 marks 30 years of COP climate summits. Has it actually made a difference?

This couple tried to turn their street into a power station: ‘We had no idea what we were doing’
Solar power

This couple tried to turn their street into a power station: ‘We had no idea what we were doing’

Thames Water wants permission to pollute Britain’s rivers until 2040. No, seriously
Water

Thames Water wants permission to pollute Britain’s rivers until 2040. No, seriously