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The UK’s ‘millionaire exodus’ is a humongous myth. Here’s why it keeps rearing its ugly head
Private jet at Orlando airport with door open
Wealth

The UK’s ‘millionaire exodus’ is a humongous myth. Here’s why it keeps rearing its ugly head

Like clockwork, a major fiscal event will trigger warnings of millionaire flight. They aren’t real – so why are they so persistent?
Care leaves face a ‘postcode lottery’ for support: ‘It can be incredibly lonely at Christmas’
Claire
Care leavers

Care leaves face a ‘postcode lottery’ for support: ‘It can be incredibly lonely at Christmas’

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?

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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’

Renting with pets: Know your rights
renting

Renting with pets: Know your rights

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Cost of living crisis

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How much will you spend on Christmas?
Your views

How much will you spend on Christmas?

27 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the Christmas holiday
kids eat free/ easter holidays
Kids eat free

27 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the Christmas holiday

From family time to robot dogs: Children share hilarious and heartbreaking Christmas wishes
Little boy puts a decoration on a Christmas tree
Christmas

From family time to robot dogs: Children share hilarious and heartbreaking Christmas wishes

Labour’s £9.1bn inheritance tax raid is a missed opportunity to break the cycle of deprivation
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Gavin Oldham

Labour’s £9.1bn inheritance tax raid is a missed opportunity to break the cycle of deprivation

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?

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

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

Renting with pets: Know your rights
a woman sitting on a bed using a laptop, with a golden retriever lying beside her
renting

Renting with pets: Know your rights

Labour’s failure to commit to national Housing First expansion ‘risks thousands losing their home’
a homeless person sleeping rough on the streets
homelessness

Labour’s failure to commit to national Housing First expansion ‘risks thousands losing their home’

Our vendors

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Inside the Big Issue: Our legendary Christmas special!
Christmas

Inside the Big Issue: Our legendary Christmas special!

Watch Big Issue vendor André bring his Christmas song to life with a London choir
Big Issue vendor Andre Rostant and the Adam Street Singers smile at the camera at their performance spot in Covent Garden, decorated with Christmas lights
Christmas

Watch Big Issue vendor André bring his Christmas song to life with a London choir

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

Employment

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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

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

Social justice

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The UK’s ‘millionaire exodus’ is a humongous myth. Here’s why it keeps rearing its ugly head
Private jet at Orlando airport with door open
Wealth

The UK’s ‘millionaire exodus’ is a humongous myth. Here’s why it keeps rearing its ugly head

Care leaves face a ‘postcode lottery’ for support: ‘It can be incredibly lonely at Christmas’
Claire
Care leavers

Care leaves face a ‘postcode lottery’ for support: ‘It can be incredibly lonely at Christmas’

‘We try and make it magical’: How this Big Issue-backed grotto is spreading Christmas cheer
A santa with children dressed in Christmas costumes
Big Issue Invest

‘We try and make it magical’: How this Big Issue-backed grotto is spreading Christmas cheer

Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills: ‘It is for my future’
Minister Liz Lloyd in a workshop at the Bromley by Bow Centre.
Digital inclusion

Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills: ‘It is for my future’

Activism

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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’

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

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