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Assisted dying is a step closer to being legalised – but are the safeguards tough enough?
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Assisted dying

Assisted dying is a step closer to being legalised – but are the safeguards tough enough?

The public has shown support for assisted dying being legalised, in principle, but disability campaigners are concerned that it could still put vulnerable people at risk
Empty buildings are a housing resource waiting to be tapped – so why don’t we?
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Meet the tireless volunteers making sure children in poverty have a Christmas to remember

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‘Last Christmas is woven in the fabric of Christmas’: Celebrating 40 years of Wham!’s festive classic

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Keane’s Tom Chaplin: ‘There’s a natural sense of perspective that comes with getting older’

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Inside this issue: Wham!’s Last Christmas turns 40
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Inside this issue: Wham!’s Last Christmas turns 40

Letters: Our US ‘special relationship’ could be dangerous if there’s a world war
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Harry Hill, Opake, Real Hackney Dave and more design Christmas wrapping paper exclusively for Big Issue
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Harry Hill, Opake, Real Hackney Dave and more design Christmas wrapping paper exclusively for Big Issue

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Welcome to Big Issue’s Big Community

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Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved

Here’s what to do if you see a homeless person
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Here’s what to do if you see a homeless person

Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect
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Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect

Here’s how to donate to a food bank near you this winter
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Inside this issue: Wham!’s Last Christmas turns 40
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Inside this issue: Wham!’s Last Christmas turns 40

Inside the Big Issue: Wicked Ways
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1 in 5 Brits say they’ve sofa surfed amid record levels of homelessness heading into Christmas
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Inside the Big Issue: Fearless Chris McCausland

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Empty buildings are a housing resource waiting to be tapped – so why don’t we?
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Empty buildings are a housing resource waiting to be tapped – so why don’t we?

It will take Labour time to rebuild trust in the DWP, Jobcentres and the benefits system
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It will take Labour time to rebuild trust in the DWP, Jobcentres and the benefits system

Lebanon’s crisis isn’t just statistics. It’s people’s lives – and their stories matter
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Lebanon’s crisis isn’t just statistics. It’s people’s lives – and their stories matter

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Top 5 new queer books, chosen by author Rachel Dawson

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‘Alcohol felt like home to us’: A mother and daughter’s story of alcoholism – and how they overcame it
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Xena: Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless: ‘To have Lisa Simpson say your name is crazy’

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Letter To My Younger Self

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Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix’
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Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix’

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The Selecter’s Pauline Black: ‘I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go’

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Domestic abuse soars by 38% when England lose. This Euros, we need change
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Big Issue’s social investment arm reaching 1.8 million Brits through investees

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Big Issue recognised for ‘punchy, buccaneering swagger’ at prestigious journalism awards