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Prince William’s Homewards project is building homes for homeless youngsters
Prince William visiting Centrepoint's Reuben House
Homelessness

Prince William’s Homewards project is building homes for homeless youngsters

The Lambeth project will work with youth homelessness charity Centrepoint to build 16 independent living homes on Duchy of Cornwall land by the end of 2026
New homes to be built on disused railway land as Labour tries to keep housing target on track
a train on a UK railway line
Housing

New homes to be built on disused railway land as Labour tries to keep housing target on track

When the world seems polarised, volunteering has a way of unifying people and rebuilding hope
Volunteering

When the world seems polarised, volunteering has a way of unifying people and rebuilding hope

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How Britain’s high street decline is fuelling Reform UK’s rise: ‘There’s a sense that politics has failed’
Reform UK

How Britain’s high street decline is fuelling Reform UK’s rise: ‘There’s a sense that politics has failed’

I spent a year undercover as a far-right activist. Here’s seven things I learned
Far right

I spent a year undercover as a far-right activist. Here’s seven things I learned

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Cost of living crisis

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Poverty doesn’t take a break in the summer holidays – and baby banks don’t either
Image of boxes full of baby supplies
Emilie De Bruijn

Poverty doesn’t take a break in the summer holidays – and baby banks don’t either

Baby banks in London have run out of nappies
Emeline, volunteer at Little Village's Brent baby bank holding a pack of pampers
Emily Compston

Baby banks in London have run out of nappies

Pensioners in poverty are isolated and eating only one meal a day – they need help
silhouette of an elderly man leaning on a walking stick
Morgan Vine

Pensioners in poverty are isolated and eating only one meal a day – they need help

24 discounted days out for families on universal credit and other benefits this summer holiday
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Summer survival guide

24 discounted days out for families on universal credit and other benefits this summer holiday

Housing

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Prince William’s Homewards project is building homes for homeless youngsters
Prince William visiting Centrepoint's Reuben House
Homelessness

Prince William’s Homewards project is building homes for homeless youngsters

New homes to be built on disused railway land as Labour tries to keep housing target on track
a train on a UK railway line
Housing

New homes to be built on disused railway land as Labour tries to keep housing target on track

Average rent now £400 per month higher than five years ago, Rightmove says: ‘Another new record’
A UK housing estate and surrounding fields
Renting

Average rent now £400 per month higher than five years ago, Rightmove says: ‘Another new record’

Donald Trump wants to ‘criminalise’ homeless people because it’s not ‘nice’ seeing tents on streets
US president Donald Trump
Homelessness

Donald Trump wants to ‘criminalise’ homeless people because it’s not ‘nice’ seeing tents on streets

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Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor after tragic death: ‘He would always help everybody’
a photo of the tributes left on Big Issue vendor Neil Smith's pitch and his pet dog Honey
Our Vendors

Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor after tragic death: ‘He would always help everybody’

Letters: Why are people ready to hand our NHS to Farage and his millionaires?
Letters

Letters: Why are people ready to hand our NHS to Farage and his millionaires?

PIP lifeline helps Bristol Big Issue vendor reach cancer treatment
Vendor Bob Sheppard wears a Big Issue bucket hat from our summer support kit and holds our Oasis issue outside Big Issue's Bristol offices.
Press Release

PIP lifeline helps Bristol Big Issue vendor reach cancer treatment

A View, From a Bridge is the social media sensation where strangers reveal all on an old, red phone
Social media

A View, From a Bridge is the social media sensation where strangers reveal all on an old, red phone

Employment

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Disabled people warn of brutal ‘secret’ cuts to DWP Access to Work support: ‘It’s been horrific’
Access to work

Disabled people warn of brutal ‘secret’ cuts to DWP Access to Work support: ‘It’s been horrific’

Zelda Perkins, Harvey Weinstein’s ex-assistant, applauds UK’s NDA ban: ‘It’s given me faith in democracy’
Workers’ rights

Zelda Perkins, Harvey Weinstein’s ex-assistant, applauds UK’s NDA ban: ‘It’s given me faith in democracy’

Activists are trying to force JD Sports, M&S and more to disclose low pay – all through shareholders
Stock photo of UK bank notes and coins
Wages

Activists are trying to force JD Sports, M&S and more to disclose low pay – all through shareholders

Is a four-day working week inevitable? Latest UK pilot sees 100% success rate
Four-day working week

Is a four-day working week inevitable? Latest UK pilot sees 100% success rate

Social justice

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Universal credit cuts will push 50,000 into poverty despite government’s U-turn, MPs warn
Liz Kendall
Disability benefits

Universal credit cuts will push 50,000 into poverty despite government’s U-turn, MPs warn

Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way
Darren McGarvey
Health inequalities

Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way

Football has a racism problem. But England wouldn’t be in the Euro final without women of colour
Football

Football has a racism problem. But England wouldn’t be in the Euro final without women of colour

These refugees came to Britain for safety. They found roller skates
Refugees

These refugees came to Britain for safety. They found roller skates

Activism

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When the world seems polarised, volunteering has a way of unifying people and rebuilding hope
Volunteering

When the world seems polarised, volunteering has a way of unifying people and rebuilding hope

I spent a year undercover as a far-right activist. Here’s seven things I learned
UK riots: A police riot van burns at a far-right riot in Southport
Far right

I spent a year undercover as a far-right activist. Here’s seven things I learned

Renowned photographer Misan Harriman on Black Lives Matter, Gaza and finding hope in protest
Protest

Renowned photographer Misan Harriman on Black Lives Matter, Gaza and finding hope in protest

Whatever happened to Make Poverty History?
Make Poverty History

Whatever happened to Make Poverty History?

Environment

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Sky-high bills and sewage at its worst in over a century: What is the future of British water?
Water

Sky-high bills and sewage at its worst in over a century: What is the future of British water?

How I made friends with a great oak tree named Quercus
Trees

How I made friends with a great oak tree named Quercus

‘It would be good to know how long we have left’: This clifftop community is falling into the sea
Climate crisis

‘It would be good to know how long we have left’: This clifftop community is falling into the sea

Here’s a dozen fascinating trees you really should visit this year
Family Days Out

Here’s a dozen fascinating trees you really should visit this year

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