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
Many faith-based crisis pregnancy centres are believed to offer an ‘ethical’ service, but there are some which have been found to be ‘misleading’ women. It is becoming increasingly difficult to tell which as centres may ‘hide their ideological aims’
The ‘Yo-yo Homes’, revealed: How ex-council tenants make over £200k selling homes back to councils
The ‘Yo-yo Homes’, revealed: How ex-council tenants make over £200k selling homes back to councils
From broken railways to packed prisons: Margaret Thatcher’s legacy continues to cast its long shadow
From broken railways to packed prisons: Margaret Thatcher’s legacy continues to cast its long shadow
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Could building new train stations help get Britain back on track?
Could building new train stations help get Britain back on track?
Laughter, songs and joy: This is how it felt the moment news of a ceasefire reached Gaza
Laughter, songs and joy: This is how it felt the moment news of a ceasefire reached Gaza
Letters: I feel very alone as a working-class liberal
Letters: I feel very alone as a working-class liberal
My aunt was a nun. Even she read Jilly Cooper’s bonkbusters
My aunt was a nun. Even she read Jilly Cooper’s bonkbusters
Big Issue’s greatest interviews in history published in a collection for the first time
Big Issue’s greatest interviews in history published in a collection for the first time
Advice
Everything you need to know about how to apply for universal credit
Everything you need to know about how to apply for universal credit
Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025
Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025
Energy bills are rising this October. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?
Energy bills are rising this October. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?
What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?
What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?
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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
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Opinion
Debt trap nation: How England is failing homeless mothers and children
Debt trap nation: How England is failing homeless mothers and children
My aunt was a nun. Even she read Jilly Cooper’s bonkbusters
My aunt was a nun. Even she read Jilly Cooper’s bonkbusters
Seeing your kid off to university is a joy – but we had some wobbles on the motorway
Seeing your kid off to university is a joy – but we had some wobbles on the motorway
Labour won’t reduce homelessness until they understand how it links to immigration
Labour won’t reduce homelessness until they understand how it links to immigration
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Culture
Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon review – conjuring an unhinged and vaudevillian world
Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon review – conjuring an unhinged and vaudevillian world
The reclusive author’s first novel in 12 years finds him as sardonic, elusive and knowing as ever
Yes, we’re milking Margaret Thatcher for profit and publicity. It’s what she would have wanted
Yes, we’re milking Margaret Thatcher for profit and publicity. It’s what she would have wanted
Cillian Murphy: ‘There’s this massive imbalance where the most important people can’t afford a house’
Cillian Murphy: ‘There’s this massive imbalance where the most important people can’t afford a house’
Letter To My Younger Self
Charlotte Church: ‘The press desperately tried to make me a figure of sin’
Charlotte Church: ‘The press desperately tried to make me a figure of sin’
Bad Seed Warren Ellis: ‘Painful things make you a better version of yourself’
Bad Seed Warren Ellis: ‘Painful things make you a better version of yourself’
Composer John Rutter: ‘If there are people you love, for goodness’ sake tell them’
Composer John Rutter: ‘If there are people you love, for goodness’ sake tell them’
Adam Buxton: ‘Being a carer is the right thing to do – but it’s so hard, especially if it’s your parents’
Adam Buxton: ‘Being a carer is the right thing to do – but it’s so hard, especially if it’s your parents’
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‘Explain to me why I’m homeless’: Rough sleeper’s rage tells us a lot about what’s keeping people homeless
‘Explain to me why I’m homeless’: Rough sleeper’s rage tells us a lot about what’s keeping people homeless
‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’
‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’
Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: ‘I can’t make it make sense’
Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: ‘I can’t make it make sense’
‘It’s devastating’: UK’s biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests
‘It’s devastating’: UK’s biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests
Life
People with mental health issues forced to share their PIN – leaving them open to ‘abuse and fraud’
People with mental health issues forced to share their PIN – leaving them open to ‘abuse and fraud’
Letters: I feel very alone as a working-class liberal
Letters: I feel very alone as a working-class liberal
‘Are you really the doctor?’: The realities of life as a Black doctor in the NHS
‘Are you really the doctor?’: The realities of life as a Black doctor in the NHS
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Big Issue Invest more than triples investments in 20th year, with £9.4 million deployed to social purpose organisations
Big Issue Invest more than triples investments in 20th year, with £9.4 million deployed to social purpose organisations
New way for Big Issue vendors to take cashless payments up for prestigious award
New way for Big Issue vendors to take cashless payments up for prestigious award
Inside the Big Issue: Cillian Murphy fights the system
