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Rough sleeping in London down by a quarter in the last year
rough sleeping homelessness
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London down by a quarter in the last year

Levelling up? How regional inequality has changed since 1997
Levelling up/ Image of Canary Wharf and Poplar
Levelling up

Levelling up? How regional inequality has changed since 1997

The Welsh government is now offering to buy homes affected by the cladding crisis
cladding campaigner
Building Safety Crisis

The Welsh government is now offering to buy homes affected by the cladding crisis

Three quarters of Brits back rent controls to solve England’s housing crisis
rent controls
Renting

Three quarters of Brits back rent controls to solve England’s housing crisis

Help to Build scheme asks Brits to tackle the housing crisis – but ‘won’t reach those in need’
Help to Build
Housing crisis

Help to Build scheme asks Brits to tackle the housing crisis – but ‘won’t reach those in need’

Glenda Jackson: 'What made me give up acting and go into politics was Margaret Thatcher'
Glenda Jackson
Letter to my younger self

Glenda Jackson: 'What made me give up acting and go into politics was Margaret Thatcher'

The UK is facing a huge skills gap — and Big Issue Group plans to do something about it
Employment crisis

The UK is facing a huge skills gap — and Big Issue Group plans to do something about it

Most Brits think today’s children will find life harder than their parents
Social mobility

Most Brits think today’s children will find life harder than their parents

Roe v Wade overturned: What abortion access and reproductive rights look like around the world
Women march holding banners and signs saying
Abortion rights

Roe v Wade overturned: What abortion access and reproductive rights look like around the world

'He was the most intelligent, unassuming man I ever met': Big Issue mourns vendor John Byrne
Big Issue vendor John Byrne
Our vendors

'He was the most intelligent, unassuming man I ever met': Big Issue mourns vendor John Byrne

Customers raise thousands of pounds to pay for funeral of much-loved Big Issue seller
Big Issue vendor Lionel Hegarty
Our vendors

Customers raise thousands of pounds to pay for funeral of much-loved Big Issue seller

Bring Your Dog to Work Day: Just loads of pictures of happy dogs
A bulldog lies on a sofa with pen and paper in front of it
Bring your dog to work day

Bring Your Dog to Work Day: Just loads of pictures of happy dogs

What are homeless hostels?
homeless hostels
Homelessness

What are homeless hostels?

At least £32bn of tax went unpaid last year amid cost of living crisis
Tax gap/ Image of taxes being cut
Cost of living

At least £32bn of tax went unpaid last year amid cost of living crisis

Tory MPs have been saying railway workers earn more than they actually do
Employment

Tory MPs have been saying railway workers earn more than they actually do

Campaigners call for a million people to cancel their energy bills if government refuses to act
Energy bills/ Image of money
Cost of living

Campaigners call for a million people to cancel their energy bills if government refuses to act

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How to respect the environment when wild swimming
Four people swim in brown, murky river water
Wild swimming

How to respect the environment when wild swimming

Exclusive: BT call centre sets up 'food bank' for its own staff
Low pay

Exclusive: BT call centre sets up 'food bank' for its own staff

'I didn’t realise how tall he was': Meet Dave Martin, the vendor who met Prince William
Dave and Prince William on their pitch selling The Big Issue Photo: Andy Parsons
Prince William x The Big Issue

'I didn’t realise how tall he was': Meet Dave Martin, the vendor who met Prince William

The public are split over support for the train strikes, a poll has found
railway strike action
Strike action

The public are split over support for the train strikes, a poll has found