Fake billboards target HSBC over ‘climate colonialism’
In 2018 HSBC committed to ending funding for new coal projects outside of Vietnam, Bangladesh and Indonesia, but the policy did not apply to schemes already backed by the bank.
Environment

Fake billboards target HSBC over ‘climate colonialism’

£5m Comic Relief fund opens to boost social enterprises through pandemic
Social Enterprise
Activism

£5m Comic Relief fund opens to boost social enterprises through pandemic

Government must avoid homeless 'tragedy in the making' during lockdown
homelessness and Rough sleeping Alexander Baxevanis
Housing

Government must avoid homeless 'tragedy in the making' during lockdown

UK is wasting the skills of homeless veterans, says ex-soldier turned artist
Bran Symondson
Housing

UK is wasting the skills of homeless veterans, says ex-soldier turned artist

Captain Tom Moore has a message of hope for all of us
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Activism

Captain Tom Moore has a message of hope for all of us

Mortgage-holders facing financial ‘cliff edge’ with end of support scheme
Social Justice

Mortgage-holders facing financial ‘cliff edge’ with end of support scheme

Youth homelessness ‘a real, real issue’ as furlough scheme ends
rough sleeper
Housing

Youth homelessness ‘a real, real issue’ as furlough scheme ends

'Having no recourse to public funds violates my human rights'
Rough sleeper
Housing

'Having no recourse to public funds violates my human rights'

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Why pets matter: New scheme ends heart-breaking choice for Scottish homeless
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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'