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Amazon workers stage first formal UK strike calling on Jeff Bezos to share the wealth
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Amazon workers stage first formal UK strike calling on Jeff Bezos to share the wealth

'I see my father in them': How one small tea shop plans to empower 1,260 refugees
Recruitment

'I see my father in them': How one small tea shop plans to empower 1,260 refugees

Big Issue vendor uses magazine sales to fund Philippines retirement
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Our vendors

Big Issue vendor uses magazine sales to fund Philippines retirement

Former Tory housing ministers agree Britain hasn’t built enough homes despite being in charge for 13 years
Sajid Javid is among the Tories who say Britain has not built enough homes
Housing crisis

Former Tory housing ministers agree Britain hasn’t built enough homes despite being in charge for 13 years

Pawnbrokers' phones are 'ringing off the walls' in the cost of living crisis
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Cost of living crisis

Pawnbrokers' phones are 'ringing off the walls' in the cost of living crisis

Scientists have found a way to convert plastics and CO2 into sustainable fuels using solar power
(Left to right) researchers Erwin Reisner, Subhajit Bhattacharjee, Motiar Rahaman standing in a lab with their sustainable fuel reactor
Science

Scientists have found a way to convert plastics and CO2 into sustainable fuels using solar power

Cash for cans? What you need to know about the government's new recycling reward scheme
Plastic bottle waste set for recycling in Delhi.
Recycling

Cash for cans? What you need to know about the government's new recycling reward scheme

Cost of living update: Pensioners protest freezing homes and record energy bills
Activism

Cost of living update: Pensioners protest freezing homes and record energy bills

Why was Greta Thunberg arrested?
Climate activism

Why was Greta Thunberg arrested?

Damning new study shows top beauty brands are not doing enough to tackle climate change
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Environment

Damning new study shows top beauty brands are not doing enough to tackle climate change

Working temperature: When is it too cold to work?
Cold weather

Working temperature: When is it too cold to work?

Bristol Council to ask government for powers to bring in rent controls as costs spiral
Renting

Bristol Council to ask government for powers to bring in rent controls as costs spiral

Here's when and where nurses are going on strike
NHS

Here's when and where nurses are going on strike

Businesses need to support people back to work, says Big Issue Recruit
Big Issue Recruit is working with people facing barriers to employment into work.
Recruitment

Businesses need to support people back to work, says Big Issue Recruit

Legacy benefits claimants lose High Court appeal over pandemic payments
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Legacy benefits

Legacy benefits claimants lose High Court appeal over pandemic payments

Rising unemployment spurs calls for more support for jobseekers
Unemployment

Rising unemployment spurs calls for more support for jobseekers

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How Citroën’s new concept car could be the future of electric vehicles
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How Citroën’s new concept car could be the future of electric vehicles

Introducing the Big Issue Changemakers of 2023
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Changemakers 2023

Introducing the Big Issue Changemakers of 2023

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Housing and homelessness
A man in a kitchen at Rene House
Changemakers 2023

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Housing and homelessness

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Cost of living crisis
Ray Barron-Woolford at his community hub phonebox
Changemakers 2023

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Cost of living crisis

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