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Truro M&S store manager takes on Big Issue sell-off challenge
Truro M&S store manager takes on Big Issue sell-off challenge
Hostile teaching on EU migrants is gravely failing British schoolchildren
Hostile teaching on EU migrants is gravely failing British schoolchildren
Social workers are using VR to experience the lives of children in care
Social workers are using VR to experience the lives of children in care
Heartbreaking shoe display lays bare child suicide figures
Heartbreaking shoe display lays bare child suicide figures
Half of Universal Credit claimants are struggling to pay housing needs
Half of Universal Credit claimants are struggling to pay housing needs
Liam Byrne is the latest MP to try his hand at selling The Big Issue
Liam Byrne is the latest MP to try his hand at selling The Big Issue
Children who sleep less 'struggle more with worries'
Children who sleep less 'struggle more with worries'
Employers urged to do more as 600 people a day quit work for caring duties
Employers urged to do more as 600 people a day quit work for caring duties
A Devon school has turned the great outdoors into a classroom
A Devon school has turned the great outdoors into a classroom
A lack of public transport is keeping Britain's poorest away from nature
A lack of public transport is keeping Britain's poorest away from nature
Changemakers: Julia Salasky changed the face of justice with crowdfunding
Changemakers: Julia Salasky changed the face of justice with crowdfunding
Hero Big Issue vendor helps police dispense sweet justice after break-in
Hero Big Issue vendor helps police dispense sweet justice after break-in
Paul McNamee: To improve child literacy, libraries are a shoo-in
Paul McNamee: To improve child literacy, libraries are a shoo-in
Hero Big Issue vendor stops man jumping off London Bridge
Hero Big Issue vendor stops man jumping off London Bridge
It just got easier to see a snapshot of rough sleeping in London online
It just got easier to see a snapshot of rough sleeping in London online
A trade union turns its headquarters into an emergency homeless shelter
A trade union turns its headquarters into an emergency homeless shelter
The Big Issue responds to government figures showing drop in rough sleeping
The Big Issue responds to government figures showing drop in rough sleeping
Social enterprises pitch for the chance to be next Big Issue-backed success
