BBC staff raise over £7k for Big Issue vendor struck down by pneumonia: 'I feel part of the family'
Big Issue vendor George Anderson
Our vendors

BBC staff raise over £7k for Big Issue vendor struck down by pneumonia: 'I feel part of the family'

Women share harrowing accounts of painful NHS hysteroscopies: 'I begged the doctor to stop'
Health

Women share harrowing accounts of painful NHS hysteroscopies: 'I begged the doctor to stop'

How nuclear bunkers could save the internet: 'An appropriate metaphor for the climate crisis'
a coastline and the sea
Climate change

How nuclear bunkers could save the internet: 'An appropriate metaphor for the climate crisis'

Insulating Britain's draughty homes would save billions on bills – but UK government is failing
Insulate homes to slash energy bills and tackle climate change
Climate Change

Insulating Britain's draughty homes would save billions on bills – but UK government is failing

UK government refuses Sadiq Khan plea for £20m to protect refugees from freezing weather
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

UK government refuses Sadiq Khan plea for £20m to protect refugees from freezing weather

DWP should never use AI to suspend benefit claims, experts insist: 'People are still struggling'
A miniature figurine businessman looking down on an information booklet for department for work and pensions
Benefits

DWP should never use AI to suspend benefit claims, experts insist: 'People are still struggling'

Tens of thousand sign petition against DWP plan to snoop on benefit claimants' bank accounts
dwp/ spying
Department for Work and Pensions

Tens of thousand sign petition against DWP plan to snoop on benefit claimants' bank accounts

5 reasons why Sunak's 'British homes for British workers' social housing plan is doomed to fail
Rishi Sunak is hoping to prioritise social housing for Brits in his 'British homes for British workers' plan
Social housing

5 reasons why Sunak's 'British homes for British workers' social housing plan is doomed to fail

Outrage as Home Office tells 400 asylum seekers to leave hotel at week's notice
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Outrage as Home Office tells 400 asylum seekers to leave hotel at week's notice

Social housing at 'breaking point', housing ombudsman warns
Aerial shot of social housing
Social housing

Social housing at 'breaking point', housing ombudsman warns

Activists welcome Labour crackdown on water bosses over illegal sewage dumps – but warn it's not enough
Water pollution

Activists welcome Labour crackdown on water bosses over illegal sewage dumps – but warn it's not enough

DWP benefits and cost of living payment dates to expect in February 2024
benefits/ money
Benefits

DWP benefits and cost of living payment dates to expect in February 2024

Some renters are put off asking their landlords for repairs out of fear of rent increases
renters are living with damp and mould and other issues
Renting

Some renters are put off asking their landlords for repairs out of fear of rent increases

 'We lost a good man': Tributes paid after death of journalist and ex-Inside Time editor Erwin James
Erwin James
In memoriam

 'We lost a good man': Tributes paid after death of journalist and ex-Inside Time editor Erwin James

UK poverty: The facts, effects and solutions in the cost of living crisis
uk poverty cost of living crisis
Poverty

UK poverty: The facts, effects and solutions in the cost of living crisis

Millions of Brits will be cut off from energy this winter because they can't afford bills
energy bills
Cost of living crisis

Millions of Brits will be cut off from energy this winter because they can't afford bills

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
It's 20 years and six prime ministers since UK last saw a sustained fall in poverty. Yes, really
Poverty

It's 20 years and six prime ministers since UK last saw a sustained fall in poverty. Yes, really

How Afghan women and girls are defying the Taliban with secret schools: 'We are not alone'
Afghanistan

How Afghan women and girls are defying the Taliban with secret schools: 'We are not alone'

'I saw my arm melting': Acid attack survivor on hope, making change and new Rankin campaign
Acid attack survivor
Violence against women

'I saw my arm melting': Acid attack survivor on hope, making change and new Rankin campaign

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Education, mentorship and business
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Education, mentorship and business