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Big Issue vendor Richard is the bird man of Exeter
Exeter vendor Richard Todd. Illustration: Illustration: Matthew Brazier
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Big Issue vendor Richard is the bird man of Exeter

Big Issue nominated for 5 industry awards for Covid response
Vendors of The Big Issue mark the return of the magazine being sold, by meeting at St Martins in the Fields on Trafalgar Square, where the first-ever edition of the magazine was officially launched nearly 30 years ago. Image credit: David Parry/PA Wire
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Big Issue nominated for 5 industry awards for Covid response

Cutting universal credit is a 'mistake', Tory MPs tell PM
Rishi Sunak announced in the spring Budget that the universal credit increase would be extended until September
Social Justice

Cutting universal credit is a 'mistake', Tory MPs tell PM

Ian Byrne: The MP uniting football and political rivals on a right to food
Ian Byrne
Activism

Ian Byrne: The MP uniting football and political rivals on a right to food

How do Labour's plans for green jobs stack up?
Experts have weighted in on how Keir Starmer’s plans for green jobs stack up. Image credit: Piqsels / Chris McAndrew
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How do Labour's plans for green jobs stack up?

Climate crisis: Human behaviour has shifted the Earth’s axis, scientists say
Melting glaciers caused by the climate crisis are leading to shifts in the Earth’s axis. Image credit: Piqsels
Environment

Climate crisis: Human behaviour has shifted the Earth’s axis, scientists say

Choose Earth to give indigenous communities power to save Amazon and planet
Choose Earth
Environment

Choose Earth to give indigenous communities power to save Amazon and planet

I've been photographing urban foxes for years. Here's what you didn't know
Photo: matthewmaran.com / @mattmaranphoto
Environment

I've been photographing urban foxes for years. Here's what you didn't know

11 practical steps you can take to help the natural world
10 tips you can use this Earth day. mage credit: Piqsels
Environment

11 practical steps you can take to help the natural world

Emergency food parcels given to two children in UK every minute
A child eating biscuits. The food banks charity does not expect demand to decrease any time soon, with universal credit set to be cut by £20 per week in September.
Social Justice

Emergency food parcels given to two children in UK every minute

‘Birmingham has lost a landmark’ Big Issue vendor ‘Bubble’ has died
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‘Birmingham has lost a landmark’ Big Issue vendor ‘Bubble’ has died

Boris Johnson urged to ban fire and rehire at next month’s Queen’s Speech
Boris Johnson on fire and rehire
Employment

Boris Johnson urged to ban fire and rehire at next month’s Queen’s Speech

Going vegan will help UK reach climate targets, says minister
Kwasi Kwarteng official portrait. Image credit: Chris McAndrew
Environment

Going vegan will help UK reach climate targets, says minister

COP26: A pivotal moment in the climate crisis or a load of hot air?
Environment

COP26: A pivotal moment in the climate crisis or a load of hot air?

Professor Brian Cox and Chris Packham: 'We have to hurt before we fix things'
Environment

Professor Brian Cox and Chris Packham: 'We have to hurt before we fix things'

‘Is it fair people go hungry? No’ Marcus Rashford backs Right to Food cause
Rashford Right to Food
Activism

‘Is it fair people go hungry? No’ Marcus Rashford backs Right to Food cause

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Marcus Rashford and Tom Kerridge launch Health Start vouchers cooking scheme
Marcus Rashford on food poverty
Activism

Marcus Rashford and Tom Kerridge launch Health Start vouchers cooking scheme

UK hit harder by pandemic poverty than in France and Germany
A man looking at a laptop, worried, with his hands on his head. Brits in poverty had incomes 20 per cent lower than the poorest households in France before the pandemic.
Social Justice

UK hit harder by pandemic poverty than in France and Germany

Brits are becoming more eco-friendly and turning to vegan diets
Brits are becoming more eco-friendly and turning to plant-based diets. Image credit: Piqsels
Environment

Brits are becoming more eco-friendly and turning to vegan diets

Here’s how many green jobs could be created in your area
A man fits a solar panel on a roof. Up to 8,224 green jobs could be created in West Cumbria’s Copeland, where locals are objecting to controversial plans for a new coal mine
Employment

Here’s how many green jobs could be created in your area

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