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First minister John Swinney: ‘We must ensure that every child in Scotland has a good place to live’
Scottish first minister John Swinney
John Swinney

First minister John Swinney: ‘We must ensure that every child in Scotland has a good place to live’

Experiencing homelessness as a child is a grave injustice, writes Scottish first minister John Swinney for Big Issue
No one should face homelessness alone: How Dogs Trust keeps homeless people and their dogs together
a dog with their owner
James Hickman

No one should face homelessness alone: How Dogs Trust keeps homeless people and their dogs together

The hidden homelessness crisis is fuelled by the scourge of domestic abuse
Maria Sookias

The hidden homelessness crisis is fuelled by the scourge of domestic abuse

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Dreaming Whilst Black star Adjani Salmon: ‘Black people are asked again and again to explain ourselves’
Adjani Salmon

Dreaming Whilst Black star Adjani Salmon: ‘Black people are asked again and again to explain ourselves’

Marmot principles should be applied to government departments for ending poverty
John Bird

Marmot principles should be applied to government departments for ending poverty

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Political opinion

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This is why parliament needs to replace the e-petitions system with a House of Campaigns
Richard Ellis

This is why parliament needs to replace the e-petitions system with a House of Campaigns

A House of Camapigns would lead to a better-informed and more responsive government
Labour can’t out-Reform Reform – it needs to change tack
Nigel Farage
Stephen Walcott

Labour can’t out-Reform Reform – it needs to change tack

How is Keir Starmer doing as prime minister?
prime minister Keir Starmer
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How is Keir Starmer doing as prime minister?

Homelessness

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The hidden homelessness crisis is fuelled by the scourge of domestic abuse
Maria Sookias

The hidden homelessness crisis is fuelled by the scourge of domestic abuse

First minister John Swinney: ‘We must ensure that every child in Scotland has a good place to live’
Scottish first minister John Swinney
John Swinney

First minister John Swinney: ‘We must ensure that every child in Scotland has a good place to live’

No one should face homelessness alone: How Dogs Trust keeps homeless people and their dogs together
a dog with their owner
James Hickman

No one should face homelessness alone: How Dogs Trust keeps homeless people and their dogs together

The first-ever World Vacant Homes Day is putting focus on bringing empty homes back into use
boarded-up empty homes
Adam Cliff and Tom Gilligan

The first-ever World Vacant Homes Day is putting focus on bringing empty homes back into use

Poverty

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Marmot principles should be applied to government departments for ending poverty
John Bird

Marmot principles should be applied to government departments for ending poverty

Marmot has shown that joined-up thinking works. It’s time to expand that idea
Universal credit is back in the dock – this time at the United Nations
Delegates from around the world at the United Nations.
Rick Burgess and Alex Firth

Universal credit is back in the dock – this time at the United Nations

New Netflix film Steve shows that behind every school exclusion lies a different story
Mission 44 CEO Jason Arthur with the charity's founder Sir Lewis Hamilton. Image: Mission 44
Jason Arthur

New Netflix film Steve shows that behind every school exclusion lies a different story

Sam Delaney

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Being an extra on a TV show is easy… isn’t it?
Sam Delaney

Being an extra on a TV show is easy… isn’t it?

Don’t believe what people are saying about London – it’s much safer than when I was a kid
Sam Delaney

Don’t believe what people are saying about London – it’s much safer than when I was a kid

An old football sticker book turns pub night into a nostalgia fest
Sam Delaney

An old football sticker book turns pub night into a nostalgia fest

Letters: Labour are all things to all people in the worst kind of way
Letters

Letters: Labour are all things to all people in the worst kind of way

John Bird

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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 MD Holger Westphely.
Big Issue Invest

Big Issue Invest more than triples investments in 20th year, with £9.4 million deployed to social purpose organisations

Marmot principles should be applied to government departments for ending poverty
John Bird

Marmot principles should be applied to government departments for ending poverty

The only way forward is to split the poverty atom
John Bird

The only way forward is to split the poverty atom

How government inaction is radicalising Britain
John Bird

How government inaction is radicalising Britain

Paul McNamee

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UK public deem Claudia Winkleman more trustworthy than Rachel Reeves, according to Big Issue Ipsos poll
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UK public deem Claudia Winkleman more trustworthy than Rachel Reeves, according to Big Issue Ipsos poll

Rachel Reeves’s budget will need to be a feast of financial alchemy
Rachel Reeves
Paul McNamee

Rachel Reeves’s budget will need to be a feast of financial alchemy

Your child could be the next Armand Duplantis. But how would you ever know?
Paul McNamee

Your child could be the next Armand Duplantis. But how would you ever know?

The cost of education is letting down future generations – and we’ll all be much poorer for it
Paul McNamee

The cost of education is letting down future generations – and we’ll all be much poorer for it