Life

Why most of your memories are probably not even real
Life

Why most of your memories are probably not even real

The vast majority of any person’s past will not be found in their memories
Five major banks to allow homeless people to open bank accounts under new pilot
Economic secretary to the Treasury Lucy Rigby looking at her phone
Financial inclusion

Five major banks to allow homeless people to open bank accounts under new pilot

Free Eye Tests and Homemade Muffins: What Happened When Specsavers Opened Its Doors After Hours
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Free Eye Tests and Homemade Muffins: What Happened When Specsavers Opened Its Doors After Hours

How electric vehicles are changing lives on Big Issue's front line
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How electric vehicles are changing lives on Big Issue's front line

Letters: AI can't replace the human ability to interpret, judge or care
Letters

Letters: AI can't replace the human ability to interpret, judge or care

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
DWP payment dates in November 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month
A person paying bills.
Benefits

DWP payment dates in November 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month

How Fair for You's Shopping Card Loan is helping people face down debt 
Debt

How Fair for You's Shopping Card Loan is helping people face down debt 

33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the October half term
kids eat free/ easter holidays
Kids eat free

33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the October half term

Letters: I'd be happy to pay a bit more tax if it fixed the country
Letters

Letters: I'd be happy to pay a bit more tax if it fixed the country

I can never walk past a church without going in. All the complexities of human life are inside
Books

I can never walk past a church without going in. All the complexities of human life are inside

Foraging has helped make Finland the world's happiest country. What can we learn from the forest?
Food

Foraging has helped make Finland the world's happiest country. What can we learn from the forest?

Why British sauna culture is picking up steam
Health

Why British sauna culture is picking up steam

Britain's mental health crisis is a leadership crisis, too
mental health
Ashley Mills

Britain's mental health crisis is a leadership crisis, too

Free phones are helping 400 people find work after homelessness and unemployment
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Free phones are helping 400 people find work after homelessness and unemployment

Letters: The system creating poverty must be eradicated. That system is capitalism
Letters

Letters: The system creating poverty must be eradicated. That system is capitalism

Number of deaths from nitazenes increases fourfold in two years – but true number may never be known
a syringe and pills of drugs
Drug deaths

Number of deaths from nitazenes increases fourfold in two years – but true number may never be known

People with learning disabilities are dying 20 years early, report finds: 'They deserve better'
Top left: Chloe Every. Bottom left and right: Charlie Lander and family
Learning disabilities

People with learning disabilities are dying 20 years early, report finds: 'They deserve better'

How a grassroots effort to save an abandoned leisure centre grew into something much more
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How a grassroots effort to save an abandoned leisure centre grew into something much more

People with mental health issues forced to share their PIN – leaving them open to 'abuse and fraud'
Financial inclusion

People with mental health issues forced to share their PIN – leaving them open to 'abuse and fraud'

The power of refurbished tech
A person using a laptop is surrounded by illustrated laptops, a power symbol, a battery icon, and a recycling symbol on a bright red background. The design features Lenovo and Big Issue’s circular arrow motif, representing digital inclusion and the reuse of technology.
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The power of refurbished tech

Letters: I feel very alone as a working-class liberal
Letters

Letters: I feel very alone as a working-class liberal

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'Are you really the doctor?': The realities of life as a Black doctor in the NHS
Health

'Are you really the doctor?': The realities of life as a Black doctor in the NHS

Everything you need to know about how to apply for universal credit
Stock image of mother and baby
Universal credit

Everything you need to know about how to apply for universal credit

'It's never been more urgent': Inside the garden project empowering communities to grow their own food
George Cornelius gives a tour of Loddington's school garden and wetland project
Food

'It's never been more urgent': Inside the garden project empowering communities to grow their own food

What do bankers think of a windfall tax on the banks? We went to the City of London to find out
Economics
Bank tax

What do bankers think of a windfall tax on the banks? We went to the City of London to find out