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When the Archbishop of Canterbury sold The Big Issue
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News

When the Archbishop of Canterbury sold The Big Issue

Big Issue vendor Jules Daniels: 'I want to enjoy summer with The Big Issue'
News

Big Issue vendor Jules Daniels: 'I want to enjoy summer with The Big Issue'

GB News fails: Typos, sound issues, pranks and more beset the new broadcaster
News

GB News fails: Typos, sound issues, pranks and more beset the new broadcaster

Sarah Everard vigil organisers to take Met Police to court
Activism

Sarah Everard vigil organisers to take Met Police to court

Inside the ‘torture’ of the UK immigration system for asylum seekers
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News

Inside the ‘torture’ of the UK immigration system for asylum seekers

Plans to work from home forever may create high street ‘haves and have nots’
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Employment

Plans to work from home forever may create high street ‘haves and have nots’

How getting a bank account while homeless 'changes your life ten-fold'
Homeless bank account
Housing

How getting a bank account while homeless 'changes your life ten-fold'

Is flying a flag on your car during the Euros illegal?
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Is flying a flag on your car during the Euros illegal?

Environment Bill: What is it, what laws will be in it and when to expect it
One campaigner said the Environment Bill is
Environment

Environment Bill: What is it, what laws will be in it and when to expect it

Scientists are turning plastic pollution into vanilla flavouring
Around 50 million tonnes of the strong, lightweight plastic used for water bottles is produced around the world each year. plastic pollution
Environment

Scientists are turning plastic pollution into vanilla flavouring

One in four nightclubs 'will not survive' four-week lockdown extension
Boris Johnson has
Employment

One in four nightclubs 'will not survive' four-week lockdown extension

Youth unemployment at ‘critical moment’ as job market shows recovery signs
Employment

Youth unemployment at ‘critical moment’ as job market shows recovery signs

How to sell your skills for a job application and prepare for interview
Job interview
Employment

How to sell your skills for a job application and prepare for interview

Windrush campaigners demand overhaul of 'retraumatising' compensation scheme
Social Justice

Windrush campaigners demand overhaul of 'retraumatising' compensation scheme

From Maggie to Marcus: A history of free school meals
Marcus Rashford launched the Child Food Poverty Task Force to overhaul the free school meals system, including to expand them to every household on universal credit. Illustration: Matthew Brazier
Social Justice

From Maggie to Marcus: A history of free school meals

Richard Coles: 'I still don't think David is dead'
News

Richard Coles: 'I still don't think David is dead'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
‘Every time I buy a coffee I think I should be saving for my cladding bill'
Sheffield leaseholder Jenni Garratt has been caught up in the building safety crisis
Housing

‘Every time I buy a coffee I think I should be saving for my cladding bill'

‘The plan was this is where I would live for life’
Birmingham leaseholder Sarah Rennie has been hit by the cladding crisis after Grenfell
Housing

‘The plan was this is where I would live for life’

‘I feel like the government is trying to kill me at work and at home’
London leaseholders Daisy Connor and Vijay Sisodia have been hit by the building safety crisis
Housing

‘I feel like the government is trying to kill me at work and at home’

Grenfell survivor Antonio Roncolato is still fighting for 'truth and justice'
Grenfell
Housing

Grenfell survivor Antonio Roncolato is still fighting for 'truth and justice'

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