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Welsh Big Issue vendors struggling through ‘short, sharp firebreak lockdown’
Mark Richards
News

Welsh Big Issue vendors struggling through ‘short, sharp firebreak lockdown’

Disabled person handed £1,200 in Universal Credit sanctions during lockdown
Three pound coins sit in a pile on top of a £5 note. The Big Issue explains Universal Credit
Social Justice

Disabled person handed £1,200 in Universal Credit sanctions during lockdown

Benjamin Zephaniah surprised by Big Issue vendor’s poetic performance
Benjamin Zephaniah
News

Benjamin Zephaniah surprised by Big Issue vendor’s poetic performance

40,000 renters could face eviction over winter, say tenants campaigners
Renting Yuki Mok/PA
Housing

40,000 renters could face eviction over winter, say tenants campaigners

Vendor with ‘a happy word for everyone’ retires with help from the Big Issue
Easton Christian Louise Haywood Schiefer 1424
News

Vendor with ‘a happy word for everyone’ retires with help from the Big Issue

Rashford petition to end child food poverty hits 1m signatures
Rashford hero food poverty
Activism

Rashford petition to end child food poverty hits 1m signatures

Local businesses ‘overwhelmed’ by demand for half-term meals
Social Justice

Local businesses ‘overwhelmed’ by demand for half-term meals

Mesut Özil gives out free school meals as football tackles child food poverty
Mesut Ozil credit: James Marsh/BPI/Shutterstock
Activism

Mesut Özil gives out free school meals as football tackles child food poverty

Why pets matter: New scheme ends heart-breaking choice for Scottish homeless
Dog Pixabay
Housing

Why pets matter: New scheme ends heart-breaking choice for Scottish homeless

Give struggling families cash not food banks, say experts
Woman and child_money debt
Social Justice

Give struggling families cash not food banks, say experts

Free school meals map shows over 1,000 businesses support kids over half term
Social Justice

Free school meals map shows over 1,000 businesses support kids over half term

Eddie Hearn: 'I have the drive to outperform my dad'
Eddie Hearn
News

Eddie Hearn: 'I have the drive to outperform my dad'

Get involved in the Ride Out Recession Alliance
Activism

Get involved in the Ride Out Recession Alliance

Rubbish pet portraits raise thousands for homeless charity
Housing

Rubbish pet portraits raise thousands for homeless charity

Fans from all 20 Premier League clubs sign up to Charity not PPV campaign
Activism

Fans from all 20 Premier League clubs sign up to Charity not PPV campaign

Pubs and cafes promise help after MPs reject child food poverty campaign
Newham Council will keep its universal free school meals scheme
Activism

Pubs and cafes promise help after MPs reject child food poverty campaign

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Young 'hidden homeless' left with nowhere to turn due to Covid restrictions
Housing

Young 'hidden homeless' left with nowhere to turn due to Covid restrictions

Thousands going hungry and 'falling through the cracks' of universal credit
Social Justice

Thousands going hungry and 'falling through the cracks' of universal credit

Plans to deport migrants for rough sleeping blasted as ‘callous’
Rough sleeper
Housing

Plans to deport migrants for rough sleeping blasted as ‘callous’

Volunteers form 'rapid response' force to support food banks in Scotland
Activism

Volunteers form 'rapid response' force to support food banks in Scotland