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‘I was made redundant twice in three months’
young activists ask questions about their future for The Big Issue Wellbeing Week
Employment

‘I was made redundant twice in three months’

More than 400 rough sleepers in Leeds raises concerns for charities
Housing

More than 400 rough sleepers in Leeds raises concerns for charities

Apprentices 'left in limbo' by new measures as unemployment crisis mounts
An apprentice engineer studies charts with his supervisor
Employment

Apprentices 'left in limbo' by new measures as unemployment crisis mounts

Your RORA idea: 'Run the economy as though all people matter'
RORA
Employment

Your RORA idea: 'Run the economy as though all people matter'

Manchester students faced with 'unsafe' housing during lockdown
Housing

Manchester students faced with 'unsafe' housing during lockdown

‘Chuffed’ vendor Earl’s powerful lockdown poem stars in new anthology
Earl John Charlton, Newcastle
News

‘Chuffed’ vendor Earl’s powerful lockdown poem stars in new anthology

The Big Issue needs to hear about your hero pets from 2020
pets
News

The Big Issue needs to hear about your hero pets from 2020

Marcus Rashford launches new campaign to end child food poverty
Rashford hero food poverty
Social Justice

Marcus Rashford launches new campaign to end child food poverty

'The events industry must return – but redundancy means it's too late for me'
Employment

'The events industry must return – but redundancy means it's too late for me'

Fact/Fiction: Are men with deep voices more likely to cheat?
Fact Fiction 1431 Miles Cole
News

Fact/Fiction: Are men with deep voices more likely to cheat?

‘Face reality’ of Universal Credit not Duncan Smith's plan, say charities
Iain Duncan Smith parliament
News

‘Face reality’ of Universal Credit not Duncan Smith's plan, say charities

Listen to 'Unknown', the radio play based on the lives of Big Issue vendors
Lloyd Posty Rusdale Hilary Stock
News

Listen to 'Unknown', the radio play based on the lives of Big Issue vendors

Nearly two million jobs could be lost under Job Support Scheme
Rishi Sunak James Veysey/Shutterstock
Employment

Nearly two million jobs could be lost under Job Support Scheme

Government's £12m for rough sleeping risks 'winter crisis in the making'
rough sleeping
Housing

Government's £12m for rough sleeping risks 'winter crisis in the making'

Football fans protest new Premier League fees with food bank donations
NUFC Fans Foodbank PA Images Richard Sellars
Activism

Football fans protest new Premier League fees with food bank donations

'Worse is still to come' as 1m children rely on school meals for first time
Free school meals
Social Justice

'Worse is still to come' as 1m children rely on school meals for first time

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
World Homeless Day 2020: Pandemic through the eyes of vendors
Housing

World Homeless Day 2020: Pandemic through the eyes of vendors

Migrant and LGBT rough sleepers 'left behind' by Everyone In campaign
homeless deaths
Housing

Migrant and LGBT rough sleepers 'left behind' by Everyone In campaign

Grant Shapps: ‘Government must cling on to rough sleeping gains’
Grant Shapps parliament
Housing

Grant Shapps: ‘Government must cling on to rough sleeping gains’

What happens when you give homeless people free money?
Universal Basic Income credit jessiegolem.com
Housing

What happens when you give homeless people free money?

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