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The movie-buff vendor and the glasses that changed everything
Vendor Stuart sat at a desk, smiling at the camera, wearing a red Big Issue tabard, his arm extended over copies of the magazine
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The movie-buff vendor and the glasses that changed everything

Cardiff vendor Stuart Drucker watches three films a day and works a weekly office role packing subscription copies. Both became difficult when his eyesight declined – until a Specsavers pop-up clinic restored his vision.
Letters: The government should build MPs a hotel, then they won't need second homes
MPs in the House of Commons
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Letters: The government should build MPs a hotel, then they won't need second homes

Should we have to pay more council tax from April?
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Council tax

Should we have to pay more council tax from April?

Letters: Sob stories from landlords about thermal upgrade costs leave me cold
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Letters: Sob stories from landlords about thermal upgrade costs leave me cold

How would you spend £428 billion? Welcome to the impact economy
B Corp Month

How would you spend £428 billion? Welcome to the impact economy

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Letters: Right to Buy gets a lot of flak but it was life-changing for people like me 
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Letters: Right to Buy gets a lot of flak but it was life-changing for people like me 

B Corp Month: Food tastes better when it’s served with a conscience
B Corp Month

B Corp Month: Food tastes better when it’s served with a conscience

Big John: Bingo's Boshfather encapsulates a modern Britain with tolerance and patriotism
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Big John: Bingo's Boshfather encapsulates a modern Britain with tolerance and patriotism

Formula E is in pole position as sport's first-ever B Corp
B Corp Month

Formula E is in pole position as sport's first-ever B Corp

Have you been made redundant? Here's what to do next
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Have you been made redundant? Here's what to do next

The impact economy: How fair systems build stronger economies
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The impact economy: How fair systems build stronger economies

This Debt Awareness Week, we want people to know it's nothing to be ashamed of
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This Debt Awareness Week, we want people to know it's nothing to be ashamed of

Letters: The bill to fix the Houses of Parliament is too high. Let's use a disused office block instead
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Letters: The bill to fix the Houses of Parliament is too high. Let's use a disused office block instead

Winter Paralympics: Costs of competing leaves Paralympians with mountain to climb
Scott Meenagh competes in the Winter Paralympics
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Winter Paralympics: Costs of competing leaves Paralympians with mountain to climb

What happens if you ignore your bills or can't afford to pay? Here's how to get help
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What happens if you ignore your bills or can't afford to pay? Here's how to get help

Letters: Every nursery and school should have free training and more funding for SEND
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Letters: Every nursery and school should have free training and more funding for SEND

Benefits, water bill hikes and TV licences: All the tax year changes in April 2026 you need to know
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Benefits, water bill hikes and TV licences: All the tax year changes in April 2026 you need to know

Letters: Big Issue's Changemakers showed that in dark times it's important to have hope
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Letters: Big Issue's Changemakers showed that in dark times it's important to have hope

'They make me go out': Why dogs can mean the world to our vendors
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'They make me go out': Why dogs can mean the world to our vendors

More than just a phone: How digital access is changing vendors' lives thanks to our partnership with giffgaff
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More than just a phone: How digital access is changing vendors' lives thanks to our partnership with giffgaff

'It’s amazing that something that’s so focused on animals can make you feel so human'
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'It’s amazing that something that’s so focused on animals can make you feel so human'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Letters: 'Voting is the adult equivalent of writing letters to Santa'
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Letters: 'Voting is the adult equivalent of writing letters to Santa'

Challenging the stigma of social housing
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Challenging the stigma of social housing

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Food and nutrition
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Food and nutrition