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Brighton could become the first UK city to have a homeless bill of rights
Brighton Bill of rights
Housing

Brighton could become the first UK city to have a homeless bill of rights

Homelessness and prevention dominates Theresa May’s PMQs farewell
Politics

Homelessness and prevention dominates Theresa May’s PMQs farewell

Changemakers: using the internet to bring language alive for Palestinian kids
Activism

Changemakers: using the internet to bring language alive for Palestinian kids

Fact/Fiction: Does a glass of fruit juice a day increase your cancer risk?
News

Fact/Fiction: Does a glass of fruit juice a day increase your cancer risk?

Body cams made compulsory for bailiffs to tackle aggressive behaviour
Woman and child_money debt
Housing

Body cams made compulsory for bailiffs to tackle aggressive behaviour

The date for popular Big Issue vendor Paul Kelly’s funeral has been confirmed
Paul Kelly
News

The date for popular Big Issue vendor Paul Kelly’s funeral has been confirmed

Hey Girls products are now available on the shelves at Co-op
Hey Girls Power Up Scotland
Activism

Hey Girls products are now available on the shelves at Co-op

Eight families are going homeless for every social home built in England
Child poverty
Housing

Eight families are going homeless for every social home built in England

Demand for foodbanks set to soar this summer, as children face holiday hunger
News

Demand for foodbanks set to soar this summer, as children face holiday hunger

Building homes and combatting homelessness with Barratt Developments
Housing

Building homes and combatting homelessness with Barratt Developments

Wales & West Housing: tackling homelessness alongside The Big Issue
Housing

Wales & West Housing: tackling homelessness alongside The Big Issue

Helping girls be the best they can be: Hey Girls fights period poverty
Activism

Helping girls be the best they can be: Hey Girls fights period poverty

Norwich’s Simon Gravell is the latest Big Issue vendor to go contactless
Simon Gravell
News

Norwich’s Simon Gravell is the latest Big Issue vendor to go contactless

Women are locked out of the housing market by gender pay gap
woman city
Employment

Women are locked out of the housing market by gender pay gap

Sadiq Khan is calling for the power to bring rents down in London
Housing

Sadiq Khan is calling for the power to bring rents down in London

West London business helps vendor David achieve art dream
David Martin art
News

West London business helps vendor David achieve art dream

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Fact/Fiction: Are scientists searching for a portal to a parallel universe?
News

Fact/Fiction: Are scientists searching for a portal to a parallel universe?

Poldark and the resurgence of scything in Britain
Environment

Poldark and the resurgence of scything in Britain

Vendor City Guide: Norwich
News

Vendor City Guide: Norwich

Eliminating in-work poverty must be 'number one priority' after Brexit
Social Justice

Eliminating in-work poverty must be 'number one priority' after Brexit