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Digital exclusion means millions are cut-off from the essentials of modern life. It must be fixed now
computers
Joel Tiller

Digital exclusion means millions are cut-off from the essentials of modern life. It must be fixed now

I'm a Labour MP and this is why I still can't support the government's disability benefits cuts
Cat Eccles MP

I'm a Labour MP and this is why I still can't support the government's disability benefits cuts

Benefit cuts are not a 'pathway to work' – they risk making people homeless
a blue tent pitched in a car park with a shopping trolley and plastic bags leaning against it
Emma Haddad

Benefit cuts are not a 'pathway to work' – they risk making people homeless

The Grenfell story is far from over
A sign saying
Olaide Sadiq

The Grenfell story is far from over

I'm a refugee. My favourite thing about Britain? The weather!
Tumukunde Uzomukunde

I'm a refugee. My favourite thing about Britain? The weather!

I fled Sri Lanka after surviving torture. This is how food and family helped me rebuild my life
Nafa

I fled Sri Lanka after surviving torture. This is how food and family helped me rebuild my life

If we want to prevent modern slavery, we must start with preventing homelessness
Mick Clarke and Eleanor Lyons

If we want to prevent modern slavery, we must start with preventing homelessness

The story behind our Big Issue special edition created entirely by young people
Paul McNamee

The story behind our Big Issue special edition created entirely by young people

How youth charity OnSide gives a platform to the voices of the next generation
Jamie Masraff

How youth charity OnSide gives a platform to the voices of the next generation

Are we witnessing a turning point in how we tackle homelessness?
a homeless person on the street
Matt Downie

Are we witnessing a turning point in how we tackle homelessness?

Copying Nigel Farage gives him a credibility he hasn't earned
Reform UK leader and Clacton candidate Nigel Farage
Renaud Foucart

Copying Nigel Farage gives him a credibility he hasn't earned

Can Labour end the need for food banks? The new Crisis and Resilience Fund is a welcome start
food banks
Sabine Goodwin

Can Labour end the need for food banks? The new Crisis and Resilience Fund is a welcome start

The River Severn is drowning in tonnes of chicken muck. The High Court just threw it a lifeline
Emma Dearnaley

The River Severn is drowning in tonnes of chicken muck. The High Court just threw it a lifeline

This pharmacy prescribes words and poems to cure your tattered soul
Robin Ince

This pharmacy prescribes words and poems to cure your tattered soul

Scrapping the Vagrancy Act won't end the criminalisation of rough sleeping
a person rough sleeping on a wall
Benjamin Archer

Scrapping the Vagrancy Act won't end the criminalisation of rough sleeping

I worked with young offenders for years – positive role models could have changed everything for them
Co-founder of Butterfly Books Jason Bryan
Jason Bryan

I worked with young offenders for years – positive role models could have changed everything for them

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The Green Party leadership race comes at a crunch time for net zero – it's eco-populism or bust
Zack Polanski
Joe Brindle

The Green Party leadership race comes at a crunch time for net zero – it's eco-populism or bust

Poverty always gets our prime ministers in the end
John Bird

Poverty always gets our prime ministers in the end

Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it's time politicians knew about it
Trussell campaigner Amie Alissa Watson
Amie Alissa Watson

Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it's time politicians knew about it

People with epilepsy deserve more than our silence
A still from the new campaign video by Epilepsy Action
Rebekah Smith

People with epilepsy deserve more than our silence

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