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Help with funeral costs: Know your options
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Funeral poverty

Help with funeral costs: Know your options

White goods grant: Where to get help replacing essentials
a crouching woman watches while a toddler pushes clothes into an open washing machine
poverty

White goods grant: Where to get help replacing essentials

Support for mortgage interest: Where to get help
a sold sign outside a red-brick building
Housing

Support for mortgage interest: Where to get help

Letters: I'm a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen
disability benefits/ disabled people
Letters

Letters: I'm a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen

It's my job to search for extraterrestrial intelligence among the stars. This is what I've found
Science

It's my job to search for extraterrestrial intelligence among the stars. This is what I've found

I've been a carer for my mum since I was eight. This is what I wish people knew about kids like me
Young carers

I've been a carer for my mum since I was eight. This is what I wish people knew about kids like me

Rural life can worsen mental ill health – but therapy in nature helps people feel grounded
Nature

Rural life can worsen mental ill health – but therapy in nature helps people feel grounded

'There's always room at the inn': How a hospital in Bethlehem offers hope in the shadow of tragedy
Bethlehem

'There's always room at the inn': How a hospital in Bethlehem offers hope in the shadow of tragedy

My son turned green and vomited his own faeces – and doctors still didn't take his condition seriously
Two photos of five-year-old Fletcher with his mother, Hannah
Health

My son turned green and vomited his own faeces – and doctors still didn't take his condition seriously

This man wasn't ready to say goodbye to his dead cat. So he resurrected him as an AI robot
Artificial Intelligence

This man wasn't ready to say goodbye to his dead cat. So he resurrected him as an AI robot

Inspiring junior global entrepreneurs bringing social businesses to life – with support from Big Issue! 
Advertorial

Inspiring junior global entrepreneurs bringing social businesses to life – with support from Big Issue! 

Letters: Yes, it was really easy being a Boomer... How Gen Z must envy us!
Letters

Letters: Yes, it was really easy being a Boomer... How Gen Z must envy us!

A clearer vision this Christmas with Big Issue and Specsavers
Advertorial

A clearer vision this Christmas with Big Issue and Specsavers

Letters: The UK government is assisting the dying every day of innocent Palestinians in Gaza
Letters

Letters: The UK government is assisting the dying every day of innocent Palestinians in Gaza

The remarkable story of how a stray puppy survived a Macedonian 'kill shelter' to find a loving home
Dogs of Big Issue

The remarkable story of how a stray puppy survived a Macedonian 'kill shelter' to find a loving home

Here's when pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in 2024
pensioner
Benefits

Here's when pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in 2024

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
What benefits can I claim?
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Benefits

What benefits can I claim?

A day in the life of Crumble the Big Issue dog – from vital outreach work to lots of pets and love
Dogs of Big Issue

A day in the life of Crumble the Big Issue dog – from vital outreach work to lots of pets and love

We could really change the world
Advertorial

We could really change the world

Letters: I'm a middle-aged, middle-class, left-wing woman – and I like Joe Rogan
Letters

Letters: I'm a middle-aged, middle-class, left-wing woman – and I like Joe Rogan

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