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Health experts warn against austerity repeat as Britain rebuilds post-Covid
An anti-austerity message is projected onto a pedestrian overpass
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Health experts warn against austerity repeat as Britain rebuilds post-Covid

Action needed to protect domestic abuse survivors from homelessness
Domestic abuse is a key driver of homelessness among women in Scotland
Housing

Action needed to protect domestic abuse survivors from homelessness

Government unveils £23m funding to support homeless with substance problems
The UK Government has announced a multi-million pound funding plan to support rough sleepers struggling with drug and alcohol dependency.
Housing

Government unveils £23m funding to support homeless with substance problems

Creating a graphic novel transformed the life of a formerly homeless artist
Mitchel Ceney's drawing of homelessness
Housing

Creating a graphic novel transformed the life of a formerly homeless artist

Experience the choices of homelessness in The Big Issue's interactive fiction
Homeless man holds a sign saying hungry and homeless
News

Experience the choices of homelessness in The Big Issue's interactive fiction

Poorest UK families getting poorer thanks to Covid - report
Baby and mother during the coronavirus pandemic
Social Justice

Poorest UK families getting poorer thanks to Covid - report

Homeless deaths hit record high in England and Wales
homeless
Housing

Homeless deaths hit record high in England and Wales

Marcus Rashford: 'We all have a duty to protect our vulnerable'
Marcus Rashford smiles and rubs his hands together
Activism

Marcus Rashford: 'We all have a duty to protect our vulnerable'

Read Keir Starmer's letter to Downing Street about the rough sleeping crisis
Keir Starmer stands at the dispatch box in the House of Commons
Housing

Read Keir Starmer's letter to Downing Street about the rough sleeping crisis

Mercy Baguma: Memorial portrait captures ‘beautiful human being’
Mercy Baguma
Social Justice

Mercy Baguma: Memorial portrait captures ‘beautiful human being’

How will Brexit impact food prices in the UK?
Liverpool has become the UK's first Right to Food city to tackle local food poverty
Politics

How will Brexit impact food prices in the UK?

How you can help families struggling to buy toys this Christmas
Many families will struggle to buy presents for their children this Christmas. Image credit: Salvation Army
News

How you can help families struggling to buy toys this Christmas

Meet the star of The Big Issue’s Christmas film
Big Issue vendor Martin McKenzie
News

Meet the star of The Big Issue’s Christmas film

Human Rights Day: The fight for rights goes on for food and housing
A fist in the air
News

Human Rights Day: The fight for rights goes on for food and housing

Government launches £46 million scheme to help the most vulnerable
rough sleeping
Housing

Government launches £46 million scheme to help the most vulnerable

‘I just want to buy my kids Christmas presents’: Scotland's Big Issue vendors
Big Issue vendor FAQ
News

‘I just want to buy my kids Christmas presents’: Scotland's Big Issue vendors

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Volunteering shoots up across 2020 but experts fear a winter slowdown
A man in a red cross jackert leans on a railing
Activism

Volunteering shoots up across 2020 but experts fear a winter slowdown

120,000 young people feared homeless before pandemic as further rise expected
Youth homelessness figures have been revealed. Image credit: Casey Muir-Taylor / Flickr
Housing

120,000 young people feared homeless before pandemic as further rise expected

Big Issue vendor speaks out following ‘brutal’ suspected attack
Garry Buchan
News

Big Issue vendor speaks out following ‘brutal’ suspected attack

More than half of Brits support increasing Universal Credit, says Unite
Stacks of twenty pound notes at the bank of england
News

More than half of Brits support increasing Universal Credit, says Unite