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The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Food and nutrition
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Food and nutrition

Council house campaigner wins landmark High Court case against plan to demolish London estate
Aylesbury estate
Housing

Council house campaigner wins landmark High Court case against plan to demolish London estate

Read prison letters of Just Stop Oil activists jailed for QE2 bridge protest: 'UK cannot imprison its way out of climate crisis'
Activism

Read prison letters of Just Stop Oil activists jailed for QE2 bridge protest: 'UK cannot imprison its way out of climate crisis'

TUC chief Paul Nowak on activism, cost of living crisis and what's next for UK's workforce
Paul Nowak
Activism

TUC chief Paul Nowak on activism, cost of living crisis and what's next for UK's workforce

New Year Honours list: Emilia Clarke and her mum made MBEs for setting up brain injury charity
New Year Honours

New Year Honours list: Emilia Clarke and her mum made MBEs for setting up brain injury charity

2023 was very, very tough for disabled people – but we can’t let the Tories win
net zero
Rachel Charlton-Dailey

2023 was very, very tough for disabled people – but we can’t let the Tories win

A person is reported missing every 90 seconds in UK – and cost of living crisis is making it worse
Missing piece of puzzle
Missing persons

A person is reported missing every 90 seconds in UK – and cost of living crisis is making it worse

How protest fashion became this year's hottest Christmas gift
Activism

How protest fashion became this year's hottest Christmas gift

Gareth Thomas on HIV, stigma and the myths people really need to unlearn: 'We still have far to go'
Seated Gareth Thomas in a navy t-shirt
World Aids Day

Gareth Thomas on HIV, stigma and the myths people really need to unlearn: 'We still have far to go'

Trans woman with HIV was given two years to live. 30 years on, she's 'speaking out for her tribe'
World AIDS Day

Trans woman with HIV was given two years to live. 30 years on, she's 'speaking out for her tribe'

How do Big Issue sellers make money?
Vendor Nick Cuthbert
Activism

How do Big Issue sellers make money?

How does The Big Issue help homeless people?
Big Issue Winter Support Kit launch at Christmas
Activism

How does The Big Issue help homeless people?

Where does my money go when I buy The Big Issue?
Vendor Kelvin Gregory
Activism

Where does my money go when I buy The Big Issue?

Protesters demand end of refugees being made homeless ahead of Christmas: 'We're failing people'
Glasgow refugee
Refugee homelessness crisis

Protesters demand end of refugees being made homeless ahead of Christmas: 'We're failing people'

'Five friends influence government' as UK inches closer to compulsory domestic abuse lessons
Education

'Five friends influence government' as UK inches closer to compulsory domestic abuse lessons

Meet Freshta Karim: The Afghan children's rights activist bringing books to Kabul's kids
Freshta Karim
Afghanistan

Meet Freshta Karim: The Afghan children's rights activist bringing books to Kabul's kids

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Banning pro-Palestine march on Armistice Day seriously risks wider public disorder, UN warns 
palestine protest, armistice day
Exclusive

Banning pro-Palestine march on Armistice Day seriously risks wider public disorder, UN warns 

5 ways to help those suffering in the deadly Israel-Hamas war
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Israel-Palestine conflict

5 ways to help those suffering in the deadly Israel-Hamas war

What's next for Just Stop Oil? Activists target unis after key backer says protests 'counterproductive'
Just Stop Oil

What's next for Just Stop Oil? Activists target unis after key backer says protests 'counterproductive'

Infected blood scandal victims still fighting for justice four decades on – but time is running out
Illustration of a hypodermic needle
Fight for justice

Infected blood scandal victims still fighting for justice four decades on – but time is running out

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