I'm a KFC youth worker. Young people aren't a lost cause – we're failing them at the first hurdle
Young people at the KFC Youth Foundation Middlesborough Youth Hub.
Ellie Smith

I'm a KFC youth worker. Young people aren't a lost cause – we're failing them at the first hurdle

As Big Issue turns 35, our mission to terminate homelessness is unchanged
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
Steven MacKenzie

As Big Issue turns 35, our mission to terminate homelessness is unchanged

Andy Burnham exclusive on rough sleeping plan: 'It's not just a one-off thing for Christmas'
Prime minister Andy Burnham
Exclusive

Andy Burnham exclusive on rough sleeping plan: 'It's not just a one-off thing for Christmas'

Bryan Adams named as Big Issue ambassador: ‘Keep fighting the fight’
Bryan Adams
Social Justice

Bryan Adams named as Big Issue ambassador: ‘Keep fighting the fight’

I have seen the future. People are paid a basic income to escape 'labourism'
Actor and activist Fehinti Balogun
Theatre

I have seen the future. People are paid a basic income to escape 'labourism'

My daughter collapsed and died before my eyes. I learned British Sign Language to process my grief
Dave Healey with his daughter Sarah, who collapsed and died at her father-in-law's funeral
Grief

My daughter collapsed and died before my eyes. I learned British Sign Language to process my grief

More children will get free school meals this school year. Here's what you need to know
child eating meal at school
Free school meals

More children will get free school meals this school year. Here's what you need to know

What are Andy Burnham's cost of living plans and what will they mean for you?
Andy Burnham as he arrived at 10 Downing Street.
Cost of living

What are Andy Burnham's cost of living plans and what will they mean for you?

Meet the photographer capturing UK homelessness – who became homeless himself
Brock Elbank's homelessness portrait photography
Photography

Meet the photographer capturing UK homelessness – who became homeless himself

How Big Issue saved vendor Robin Price's life as magazine turns 35: 'Without them, I’d be dead’
Robin Price
our vendors

How Big Issue saved vendor Robin Price's life as magazine turns 35: 'Without them, I’d be dead’

Timms Review recommends changes to 'dehumanising' PIP assessment process
stephen timms
Disability benefits

Timms Review recommends changes to 'dehumanising' PIP assessment process

I spent 60 hours sat in a bathtub in Leeds to show how my soap company can tackle addiction
Getting Clean's Chris Sylvester in the shower
Rehabilitation

I spent 60 hours sat in a bathtub in Leeds to show how my soap company can tackle addiction

'My dad died hiding a gambling addiction and homelessness. I wish he had let us help him'
Michelle's father holding her as a baby.
Homelessness

'My dad died hiding a gambling addiction and homelessness. I wish he had let us help him'

British public don't back cuts to disability benefits – even Reform and Tory voters
The Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) in Norwich demonstrated outside the PIP offices in central Norwich in 2016
Disability benefits

British public don't back cuts to disability benefits – even Reform and Tory voters

How your first job can determine what you earn for the rest of your career
a woman shaking hands with a man at a desk
Employment

How your first job can determine what you earn for the rest of your career

A message to you, Andy: the nation needs you to keep your word on rough sleeping
Big Issue founder John Bird being interviewed on c amera
John Bird

A message to you, Andy: the nation needs you to keep your word on rough sleeping

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
London's walk-in homelessness services are closing. It's driving homeless people to hospital instead
A hospital waiting room
homelessness

London's walk-in homelessness services are closing. It's driving homeless people to hospital instead

'Andy Burnham must not repeat the mistakes of the past on homelessness'
Letters

'Andy Burnham must not repeat the mistakes of the past on homelessness'

Inside the charity warehouse offering thousands of families a cost of living lifeline every month
Keely Dalfen at Multibank North West's warehouse
Social Justice

Inside the charity warehouse offering thousands of families a cost of living lifeline every month

The failure to build enough social housing is leaving families £8,000 a year worse off
house keys in someone's hand
Housing

The failure to build enough social housing is leaving families £8,000 a year worse off