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Why are so many young LGBT people in Britain homeless?
Homeless person on street
Housing

Why are so many young LGBT people in Britain homeless?

How one Big Issue vendor became a saint
News

How one Big Issue vendor became a saint

'Such a sad loss' – popular Big Issue vendor dies
News

'Such a sad loss' – popular Big Issue vendor dies

How this cheeky monkey saved a Big Issue vendor’s life
News

How this cheeky monkey saved a Big Issue vendor’s life

Vince Cable: "l was always in the wrong place at the wrong time"
Politics

Vince Cable: "l was always in the wrong place at the wrong time"

Social Bite homeless village residents will be home for Christmas
Housing

Social Bite homeless village residents will be home for Christmas

Postcard art auction gives £6,800 boost to homeless youths
Housing

Postcard art auction gives £6,800 boost to homeless youths

Why was a Costa Coffee customer barred from buying food for a homeless man?
Housing

Why was a Costa Coffee customer barred from buying food for a homeless man?

Dozens of readers flock to Big Issue vendor's pitch for send-off snap
News

Dozens of readers flock to Big Issue vendor's pitch for send-off snap

Tributes paid after death of Big Issue vendor ‘Ben Nevis Bob’
News

Tributes paid after death of Big Issue vendor ‘Ben Nevis Bob’

"In rural England the homeless are a problem to be hidden..."
Raynor Winn at High Cliff Cambreak
Housing

"In rural England the homeless are a problem to be hidden..."

Stramash: A positive outlook for young minds
Stramash
Activism

Stramash: A positive outlook for young minds

Ray Mears: "Find a tree, sit down and wait – let the nature come to you"
Ray Mears
Environment

Ray Mears: "Find a tree, sit down and wait – let the nature come to you"

Charley Boorman: Why I'm delighted to be riding again – over Sally Gap
Charley Boorman
Environment

Charley Boorman: Why I'm delighted to be riding again – over Sally Gap

Charlotte Smith: The British countryside closest to my heart
Castle Howard
Environment

Charlotte Smith: The British countryside closest to my heart

Lord John Bird: Why can't the government create a poverty prevention unit?
House of Lords
Social Justice

Lord John Bird: Why can't the government create a poverty prevention unit?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Would you buy a homeless person?
Housing

Would you buy a homeless person?

New 'Housing First' strategy could be game-changer, study finds
Housing

New 'Housing First' strategy could be game-changer, study finds

Taylor review into the gig economy dismissed as 'feeble'
Employment

Taylor review into the gig economy dismissed as 'feeble'

Lord Bird: Show Donald Trump the "real" Britain – not another golf course
Big Issue founder John Bird
Politics

Lord Bird: Show Donald Trump the "real" Britain – not another golf course

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