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Eddie Izzard: It’s time to make humanity great again
Eddie Izzard appears on the cover of The Big Issue
Activism

Eddie Izzard: It’s time to make humanity great again

Arnie gives rousing defence of democracy and takes aim at Trump
Arnold Schwarzenegger giving a speech in front of an American and Californian flag
Politics

Arnie gives rousing defence of democracy and takes aim at Trump

Government threatened with legal action over lockdown schooling 'failures'
News

Government threatened with legal action over lockdown schooling 'failures'

‘Nightmare’ lockdown leaves Big Issue vendors without work again
Big Issue vendor Lee Welham from Cambridge
News

‘Nightmare’ lockdown leaves Big Issue vendors without work again

Changemakers 2021: Climate crisis
A mechanic with Cycling UK works on a bike
Environment

Changemakers 2021: Climate crisis

Can Brighton's eco-friendly electric car club pioneer the future of driving?
Electric Brighton is hoping to launch a new car club.
Environment

Can Brighton's eco-friendly electric car club pioneer the future of driving?

Lockdown: New measures announced to protect rough sleepers and renters
homelessness and Rough sleeping Alexander Baxevanis
Housing

Lockdown: New measures announced to protect rough sleepers and renters

Big Issue Changemakers 2021: Health and the NHS
Jay Flynn's virtual pub quiz made him a Changemaker
News

Big Issue Changemakers 2021: Health and the NHS

Lidl moves before Government to support families with healthy food
Liverpool has become the UK's first Right to Food city to tackle local food poverty
Social Justice

Lidl moves before Government to support families with healthy food

‘We're close to homeless’: The impact of Universal Credit deductions
Families are having money deducted from their Universal Credit payments.
News

‘We're close to homeless’: The impact of Universal Credit deductions

Big Issue Changemakers 2021: Justice system
Barrister Alexandra Wilson
Social Justice

Big Issue Changemakers 2021: Justice system

Big Issue Changemakers 2021: The Big Issue community
kids
News

Big Issue Changemakers 2021: The Big Issue community

Tenants must not be left at mercy of Covid-19 rent debt, ministers told
Rent debt and eviction bans need tackling during the Covid-19 pandemic
Employment

Tenants must not be left at mercy of Covid-19 rent debt, ministers told

Thousands of British Gas workers strike over 'fire and rehire' row
Thousands of British Gas workers have begun five days of strike action.
Employment

Thousands of British Gas workers strike over 'fire and rehire' row

‘This broken promise will cost lives’: Campaigners urge Everyone In return
A rough sleeper in London
Housing

‘This broken promise will cost lives’: Campaigners urge Everyone In return

Big Issue Changemakers 2021: Human rights and direct action
Social Justice

Big Issue Changemakers 2021: Human rights and direct action

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
‘A national priority’: Oldham first to prioritise homeless for vaccine
There are plans to offer the Covid-19 vaccine to homeless people
Housing

‘A national priority’: Oldham first to prioritise homeless for vaccine

Sunak's £4.6bn lockdown grants ‘sorely needed’ but won't protect jobs
Rishi Sunak announces lockdown grants for businesses hit by Covid-19
News

Sunak's £4.6bn lockdown grants ‘sorely needed’ but won't protect jobs

Big Issue Changemakers 2021: Housing and homelessness
Sarah Lamptey ShowerBox
Housing

Big Issue Changemakers 2021: Housing and homelessness

Housing First: 'It felt like I’d discovered the vaccine for homelessness'
Sam Tsemberis in New York in 2019. Image credit: Pathways Housing First
Housing

Housing First: 'It felt like I’d discovered the vaccine for homelessness'