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Yo-yo Homes ‘indefensible’ and highlight broken system, MPs say after Big Issue’s Right to Buy exposé
Yo-yo Homes ‘indefensible’ and highlight broken system, MPs say after Big Issue’s Right to Buy exposé
Party leaders and MPs react after Big Issue reveals councils losing millions by buying back Right to Buy homes
Meet the people helping homeless women access abortions: ‘It’s about giving them the choice’
Meet the people helping homeless women access abortions: ‘It’s about giving them the choice’
If people don’t trust climate science, how will we ever get them to change their ways?
If people don’t trust climate science, how will we ever get them to change their ways?
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Older workers are turning to Botox and plastic surgery to keep their jobs: ‘What a depressing thought’
Older workers are turning to Botox and plastic surgery to keep their jobs: ‘What a depressing thought’
Number of homeless children in England hits yet another record high: ‘When will this end?’
Number of homeless children in England hits yet another record high: ‘When will this end?’
Cost of living crisis
Taxing wealth in the budget could score the chancellor a triple win
Taxing wealth in the budget could score the chancellor a triple win
Everything you need to know about how to apply for universal credit
Everything you need to know about how to apply for universal credit
‘It’s never been more urgent’: Inside the garden project empowering communities to grow their own food
‘It’s never been more urgent’: Inside the garden project empowering communities to grow their own food
More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year: ‘Too many people miss out’
More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year: ‘Too many people miss out’
Housing
Yo-yo Homes ‘indefensible’ and highlight broken system, MPs say after Big Issue’s Right to Buy exposé
Yo-yo Homes ‘indefensible’ and highlight broken system, MPs say after Big Issue’s Right to Buy exposé
Number of homeless children in England hits yet another record high: ‘When will this end?’
Number of homeless children in England hits yet another record high: ‘When will this end?’
I turned my experience of homelessness into my debut fantasy novel. It helped me work through it
I turned my experience of homelessness into my debut fantasy novel. It helped me work through it
Bath is one of Britain’s most beautiful cities. But why is it so increasingly impossible to live there?
Bath is one of Britain’s most beautiful cities. But why is it so increasingly impossible to live there?
Our vendors
One mum’s months-long ordeal to find out how her son died in a homeless hostel: ‘I need answers’
One mum’s months-long ordeal to find out how her son died in a homeless hostel: ‘I need answers’
Big Issue vendor Alfie Brew bounces back after being hit by a car
Big Issue vendor Alfie Brew bounces back after being hit by a car
“My customers have been very good to me”: Big Issue vendor Tony Flynn returns to work after triple heart bypass
“My customers have been very good to me”: Big Issue vendor Tony Flynn returns to work after triple heart bypass
BillyChip partners with Big Issue to help our vendors
BillyChip partners with Big Issue to help our vendors
Employment
Older workers are turning to Botox and plastic surgery to keep their jobs: ‘What a depressing thought’
Older workers are turning to Botox and plastic surgery to keep their jobs: ‘What a depressing thought’
DWP job advisers will soon be in GP surgeries and mental health services
DWP job advisers will soon be in GP surgeries and mental health services
Is AI pushing jobless young graduates to the far right?
Is AI pushing jobless young graduates to the far right?
DWP plans could see more than 50,000 disabled people lose access to vital work support
DWP plans could see more than 50,000 disabled people lose access to vital work support
Social justice
Meet the people helping homeless women access abortions: ‘It’s about giving them the choice’
Meet the people helping homeless women access abortions: ‘It’s about giving them the choice’
Anti-abortion groups have received funds from the UK government and National Lottery
Anti-abortion groups have received funds from the UK government and National Lottery
What is the truth about crisis pregnancy centres? The anti-abortion facilities creeping across Britain
What is the truth about crisis pregnancy centres? The anti-abortion facilities creeping across Britain
Abortion is close to decriminalisation. But how quickly can rights and progress be rolled back?
Abortion is close to decriminalisation. But how quickly can rights and progress be rolled back?
Activism
Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘It was hard to get artists to take part in Gig for Gaza’
Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘It was hard to get artists to take part in Gig for Gaza’
Inside the mission to make Cumbria the first anti-racist county in the UK
Inside the mission to make Cumbria the first anti-racist county in the UK
Meet the primary school children with big ideas to end homelessness in the UK
Meet the primary school children with big ideas to end homelessness in the UK
Kneecap rapper Mo Chara’s ‘terrorism’ charge: Is it about free speech, Palestine or something more?
Kneecap rapper Mo Chara’s ‘terrorism’ charge: Is it about free speech, Palestine or something more?
Environment
If people don’t trust climate science, how will we ever get them to change their ways?
If people don’t trust climate science, how will we ever get them to change their ways?
Homeless people needed protecting from hot weather more than ever before in 2025
Homeless people needed protecting from hot weather more than ever before in 2025
Labour wants to ban fracking – while Reform wants to ‘drill baby drill’. What does it mean for you?
