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Chris Packham: "We could watch our Earth burn or start fixing things"
Chris Packham and David Attenborough
Environment

Chris Packham: "We could watch our Earth burn or start fixing things"

Cardiff Big Issue vendors get a coffee break with barista training
Vendors baristas Cardiff
News

Cardiff Big Issue vendors get a coffee break with barista training

Councils are struggling to house soaring numbers of homeless people
Social housing. Image: Eastern promise #4: Plaistow by Nico Hogg
Housing

Councils are struggling to house soaring numbers of homeless people

Britain's youth are facing a loneliness crisis
Tracey Crouch
News

Britain's youth are facing a loneliness crisis

The number of homeless people dying on Britain's streets has doubled
homeless deaths
Housing

The number of homeless people dying on Britain's streets has doubled

Sustainable palm oil advocates don't agree with Iceland's palm oil ban
Environment

Sustainable palm oil advocates don't agree with Iceland's palm oil ban

How much does The Big Issue cost?
How much does The Big Issue cost?
Activism

How much does The Big Issue cost?

One solution to London's violence crisis is already working in other cities
David Lammy
News

One solution to London's violence crisis is already working in other cities

Big Issue vendor and Nottingham favourite Dave Hale has passed away
News

Big Issue vendor and Nottingham favourite Dave Hale has passed away

What homeless charities are there in Glasgow?
Activism

What homeless charities are there in Glasgow?

A Big Issue hero used his rucksack to help a woman caught in a car crash
Garry Buchan
News

A Big Issue hero used his rucksack to help a woman caught in a car crash

A Bournemouth Big Issue vendor is toasting a new job as a brewery tour guide
Bill Webb
News

A Bournemouth Big Issue vendor is toasting a new job as a brewery tour guide

Everything you always wanted to know about the Commonwealth
News

Everything you always wanted to know about the Commonwealth

A Memphis street paper vendor tells us how MLK is a lifetime inspiration
Social Justice

A Memphis street paper vendor tells us how MLK is a lifetime inspiration

America is still fighting for Martin Luther King's dream 50 years on
Social Justice

America is still fighting for Martin Luther King's dream 50 years on

Sajid Javid launches new rough sleeping task force with £30m fund
Sajid Javid
Housing

Sajid Javid launches new rough sleeping task force with £30m fund

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Government U-turns on “unworkable” young persons housing benefit
Esther McVey
Housing

Government U-turns on “unworkable” young persons housing benefit

Government introduces bill to double council tax on empty homes
Empty Homes
Housing

Government introduces bill to double council tax on empty homes

Big Issue vendor buys dream campervan after saving up months of sales
Graham Churchill camper van
News

Big Issue vendor buys dream campervan after saving up months of sales

Social Mobility Pledge will tackle “the biggest of our big issues”
Justin Greening
Activism

Social Mobility Pledge will tackle “the biggest of our big issues”

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