'They wanted pet rent': Intense competition for a home leaves renters facing extraordinary demands
Renting

'They wanted pet rent': Intense competition for a home leaves renters facing extraordinary demands

Michael Gove vows to get tough with social housing landlords in warning over horror homes
Michael Gove in warning to social housing landlord
Social Housing

Michael Gove vows to get tough with social housing landlords in warning over horror homes

Shell consultant quits with explosive LinkedIn post accusing oil giant of 'extreme harms' to planet
Oil industry

Shell consultant quits with explosive LinkedIn post accusing oil giant of 'extreme harms' to planet

A man who built a wooden house on a London pavement has now been given a place to stay
London pavement house
Homelessness

A man who built a wooden house on a London pavement has now been given a place to stay

How you can help boost bee and butterfly populations with a new government app
Biodiversity

How you can help boost bee and butterfly populations with a new government app

Troy Deeney: 'What about learning what other countries were like before Britain colonised them?'
Troy Deeney
Activism

Troy Deeney: 'What about learning what other countries were like before Britain colonised them?'

School social enterprise stars take up the Big Issue sell-off challenge!
To launch our Schools Sell-Off in partnership with Social Enterprise Academy, Big Issue vendor Anabel (centre) met pupils Orla Maxwell, Aaron McKenna, Kierston Gibb and Willow Michael from St Bernard’s Primary School in Glasgow.
Sponsored content

School social enterprise stars take up the Big Issue sell-off challenge!

A basic income 'could cut poverty to its lowest point in decades'
basic income
Basic income

A basic income 'could cut poverty to its lowest point in decades'

Homeless man who built wooden house on pavement: 'People understand I'm just in a bad situation'
Housing

Homeless man who built wooden house on pavement: 'People understand I'm just in a bad situation'

The chancellor has made the Sunday Times Rich List - during a major cost of living crisis
Image of Chancellor Rishi Sunak
Cost of living crisis

The chancellor has made the Sunday Times Rich List - during a major cost of living crisis

One in five regularly work from home as the government urges return to offices
Flexible working

One in five regularly work from home as the government urges return to offices

The number of ‘no-fault’ evictions being handed out to renters is now 30% higher than pre-Covid
eviction
Renting

The number of ‘no-fault’ evictions being handed out to renters is now 30% higher than pre-Covid

Housing crisis update: A man has now built a wooden house on a London pavement
Housing crisis

Housing crisis update: A man has now built a wooden house on a London pavement

Why does inflation hit poorer people harder?
A jagged red arrow points diagonally upwards across the screen in front of a globe of the world.
Inflation

Why does inflation hit poorer people harder?

The government says it's too expensive to give disabled people in fire risk blocks evacuation plans
Birmingham leaseholder Sarah Rennie has been hit by the cladding crisis after Grenfell
Fire safety

The government says it's too expensive to give disabled people in fire risk blocks evacuation plans

Social enterprise: the next generation shaping a better world
Social Enterprise Schools share experiences across the globe
Sponsored content

Social enterprise: the next generation shaping a better world

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The government has rejected calls to give the public more access to the English countryside
A sign pointing towards a public footpath.
Right to roam

The government has rejected calls to give the public more access to the English countryside

Donations are down and customers are up - food banks say they are at crisis point
Volunteers at the Earlsfield Foodbank sort Easter eggs for their guests
Food banks

Donations are down and customers are up - food banks say they are at crisis point

New records were set in 2021 for rising sea levels, greenhouse gas and ocean heat
A diver observes coral bleaching.
Climate crisis

New records were set in 2021 for rising sea levels, greenhouse gas and ocean heat

Asked to do unpaid overtime? That’s wage theft and it could be pushing your pay below minimum wage
Cafe worker totals up a till at the end of the day
Low pay

Asked to do unpaid overtime? That’s wage theft and it could be pushing your pay below minimum wage