Number of people on benefits who can’t afford rent has almost doubled since before pandemic
DWP figures show benefits don't cover rent
Housing

Number of people on benefits who can’t afford rent has almost doubled since before pandemic

Would you prosecute a child for stealing baby formula? Shoplifting's rise amid cost of living crisis
shoplifting
Cost of Living Crisis

Would you prosecute a child for stealing baby formula? Shoplifting's rise amid cost of living crisis

Lords kills off 'hatchet job' Tory plan to rip up EU pollution laws to build more houses
nutrient neutrality rules protect developments from introducing river pollution
River pollution

Lords kills off 'hatchet job' Tory plan to rip up EU pollution laws to build more houses

Canada gave out free money to help homeless people. It reduced rough sleeping and busted stereotypes
homeless cash
Homelessness

Canada gave out free money to help homeless people. It reduced rough sleeping and busted stereotypes

Man left severely disabled after sudden stroke. Now he's homeless and trapped in a 'vicious circle'
Gary, who is now disabled
Disability

Man left severely disabled after sudden stroke. Now he's homeless and trapped in a 'vicious circle'

UK government may have broken law over sewage pumping. Could this be a 'turning point'?
Water pollution

UK government may have broken law over sewage pumping. Could this be a 'turning point'?

Pension triple lock: What is it and how does it affect me?
An older man sits on a couch looking at an iPad. Pension triple lock
Pensions

Pension triple lock: What is it and how does it affect me?

State pension rise due to triple lock will be 'wholly unfair' on benefits claimants, charities warn
state pension/ pensioner
Pensions

State pension rise due to triple lock will be 'wholly unfair' on benefits claimants, charities warn

UK government's offshore wind farm auction was a 'disaster'. It could cost bill payers £2 billion
Rampion offshore wind farm in the UK producing renewable energy
Wind power

UK government's offshore wind farm auction was a 'disaster'. It could cost bill payers £2 billion

Affordable housing straight from the factory floor: Could modular homes help end homelessness?
Modular housing blocks
Housing

Affordable housing straight from the factory floor: Could modular homes help end homelessness?

Single mum on universal credit feels 'penalised' because she can't find work around childcare
single mother/ universal credit
Childcare

Single mum on universal credit feels 'penalised' because she can't find work around childcare

Kids love them. They’re an environmental disaster. Should disposable vapes be banned?
disposable vape ban
Disposable vapes

Kids love them. They’re an environmental disaster. Should disposable vapes be banned?

Are empty offices the answer to UK's housing crisis?
Illustration of buildings
Housing crisis

Are empty offices the answer to UK's housing crisis?

Morocco earthquake: Emergency appeal launched by Big Issue partner Intrepid Foundation
Morocco Earthquake

Morocco earthquake: Emergency appeal launched by Big Issue partner Intrepid Foundation

How George Clooney 'transformed' Scottish charity Social Bite's fight against homelessness
Josh Littlejohn smiling as he greets George Clooney at Social Bite’s cafe on Rose Street
Homelessness

How George Clooney 'transformed' Scottish charity Social Bite's fight against homelessness

Benefits must rise alongside record wage growth, economists warn 
Wages

Benefits must rise alongside record wage growth, economists warn 

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Building social housing is one thing. Building communities takes a different vision
Illustration of colourful houses
Social housing

Building social housing is one thing. Building communities takes a different vision

‘I received a no-fault eviction notice on Christmas Eve – and I’ve been homeless ever since’
Renters have been campaigning against no-fault evictions to protect tenants from Section 21
End Housing Insecurity Now

‘I received a no-fault eviction notice on Christmas Eve – and I’ve been homeless ever since’

Blind woman mistakenly refused disability benefits by DWP: 'I was in shock'
Braille on protest poster
Disability benefits

Blind woman mistakenly refused disability benefits by DWP: 'I was in shock'

Safer drug consumption rooms that reduce overdose deaths green-lit by Scotland's top lawyer
Drugs

Safer drug consumption rooms that reduce overdose deaths green-lit by Scotland's top lawyer