Yo-yo Homes 'indefensible' and highlight broken system, MPs say after Big Issue's Right to Buy exposé
housing secretary Steve Reed with a red line over his face next to a block of flats
Right to Buy

Yo-yo Homes 'indefensible' and highlight broken system, MPs say after Big Issue's Right to Buy exposé

If people don't trust climate science, how will we ever get them to change their ways?
Climate crisis

If people don't trust climate science, how will we ever get them to change their ways?

Older workers are turning to Botox and plastic surgery to keep their jobs: 'What a depressing thought'
An older person having plastic surgery examination
Employment

Older workers are turning to Botox and plastic surgery to keep their jobs: 'What a depressing thought'

Meet the people helping homeless women access abortions: 'It's about giving them the choice'
a woman being supported by a nurse
Abortion

Meet the people helping homeless women access abortions: 'It's about giving them the choice'

Number of homeless children in England hits yet another record high: 'When will this end?'
the shadow of a young girl
Homelessness

Number of homeless children in England hits yet another record high: 'When will this end?'

Bath is one of Britain's most beautiful cities. But why is it so increasingly impossible to live there?
Housing crisis

Bath is one of Britain's most beautiful cities. But why is it so increasingly impossible to live there?

I turned my experience of homelessness into my debut fantasy novel. It helped me work through it
Emmaus Salford's Lucy
Homelessness

I turned my experience of homelessness into my debut fantasy novel. It helped me work through it

Labour deputy hopeful Lucy Powell on benefit cuts, landlords and Farage: 'There's no quick fix'
Lucy Powell in House of Commons
Politics

Labour deputy hopeful Lucy Powell on benefit cuts, landlords and Farage: 'There's no quick fix'

Reversing Right to Buy may sound radical. But it could fix the housing shortage
Peter Apps

Reversing Right to Buy may sound radical. But it could fix the housing shortage

Anti-abortion groups have received funds from the UK government and National Lottery
A chancellor of the exchequer holding the briefcase containing the government's budget.
Abortion

Anti-abortion groups have received funds from the UK government and National Lottery

What is the truth about crisis pregnancy centres? The anti-abortion facilities creeping across Britain
a woman sitting on a couch
Abortion

What is the truth about crisis pregnancy centres? The anti-abortion facilities creeping across Britain

From broken railways to packed prisons: Margaret Thatcher's legacy continues to cast its long shadow
Politics

From broken railways to packed prisons: Margaret Thatcher's legacy continues to cast its long shadow

Abortion is close to decriminalisation. But how quickly can rights and progress be rolled back?
abortion rights protest
Abortion

Abortion is close to decriminalisation. But how quickly can rights and progress be rolled back?

The 'Yo-yo Homes', revealed: How ex-council tenants make over £200k selling homes back to councils
Housing

The 'Yo-yo Homes', revealed: How ex-council tenants make over £200k selling homes back to councils

What are Yo-yo Homes? The former council houses making ex-tenants rich
a row of homes in the UK
Housing

What are Yo-yo Homes? The former council houses making ex-tenants rich

Could building new train stations help get Britain back on track?
An aerial shot of Beaulieu Park station
Railways

Could building new train stations help get Britain back on track?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The challenge of counting hidden homelessness in Britain
Hidden homelessness

The challenge of counting hidden homelessness in Britain

This charity uses McDonald's to fight hidden homelessness
Hidden homelessness

This charity uses McDonald's to fight hidden homelessness

Bear Grylls puts focus on hidden homelessness in new short film: 'We can break the stigma'
Bear Grylls reading a Big Issue magazine in a short film about hidden homelessness
Homelessness

Bear Grylls puts focus on hidden homelessness in new short film: 'We can break the stigma'

Labour pledges homelessness cash boost to help kids in temporary accommodation ahead of winter
a homeless man sleeping rough
Homelessness

Labour pledges homelessness cash boost to help kids in temporary accommodation ahead of winter