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Big Issue names Deputy Editor Steven MacKenzie as new Editor
Incoming Big Issue editor Steven MacKenzie.
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Big Issue names Deputy Editor Steven MacKenzie as new Editor

MacKenzie assumes editorship from Paul McNamee, who leaves his role in March
Big Issue brand hits milestone of putting £200 million in vendors’ pockets worldwide
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Big Issue brand hits milestone of putting £200 million in vendors’ pockets worldwide

Big Issue names Top 100 Changemakers making a positive impact in 2026
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Big Issue names Top 100 Changemakers making a positive impact in 2026

Gruffalo illustrator to judge new Big Issue kids cover competition
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Gruffalo illustrator to judge new Big Issue kids cover competition

Founder of the Big Issue warns “poverty is destroying” Britain as he celebrates 80th birthday
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Founder of the Big Issue warns “poverty is destroying” Britain as he celebrates 80th birthday

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Big Issue Invest appoints ex-CEO of Standard Bank as new Chair
New Chair of Big Issue Invest Jenny Knott pictured.
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Big Issue Invest appoints ex-CEO of Standard Bank as new Chair

Press Centre: Big Issue founder doubles down on efforts to add child poverty targets to Children’s Wellbeing Bill
Lord John Bird reads his Ministry for Poverty Prevention Bill in the House of Lords.
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Press Centre: Big Issue founder doubles down on efforts to add child poverty targets to Children’s Wellbeing Bill

Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury reunite to create exclusive festive tale for the Big Issue
Helen Oxenbury's new, exclusive illustration for Pax: A Festive Tale.
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Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury reunite to create exclusive festive tale for the Big Issue

Big Issue partners with Animal Friends Insurance to equip vendors’ dogs with their own iconic red tabard
Shih Tzu Rolo stands side on to the camera, looking down the lens, wearing a new red Big Issue tabard.
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Big Issue partners with Animal Friends Insurance to equip vendors’ dogs with their own iconic red tabard

Real vendors’ real stories in real time: Big Issue launches groundbreaking new “one take” Christmas ad
Big Issue vendors
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Real vendors’ real stories in real time: Big Issue launches groundbreaking new “one take” Christmas ad

Silent streets: New report finds over half of Big Issue vendors’ greetings now go ignored
Big Issue vendors
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Silent streets: New report finds over half of Big Issue vendors’ greetings now go ignored

Deck your walls with limited edition prints by leading artists to support Big Issue at Christmas
Prints featured in Big Issue and Jealous' Deck the Walls run of prints. Credit: Big Issue
Deck the Walls

Deck your walls with limited edition prints by leading artists to support Big Issue at Christmas

Over 65 charities, campaigners, celebrities and politicians urge UK government set targets against child poverty strategy
A woman in a Big Issue coat and beanie holds up a sign reading
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Over 65 charities, campaigners, celebrities and politicians urge UK government set targets against child poverty strategy

Westminster must set ambitious, measurable targets to reduce child poverty
set child poverty targets
Child poverty

Westminster must set ambitious, measurable targets to reduce child poverty

Newcastle Big Issue vendor facing no-fault eviction weeks after new law banning section 21 notices gets royal assent
Big Issue vendor Preda Illie
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Newcastle Big Issue vendor facing no-fault eviction weeks after new law banning section 21 notices gets royal assent

Owner of Pontefract property offers chance for four people to win a night’s stay in ‘Yorkshire’s most haunted house’
Inside the living room of 30 East Drive, where a poltergeist is believed to live. Image: 30 East Drive
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Owner of Pontefract property offers chance for four people to win a night’s stay in ‘Yorkshire’s most haunted house’

Big Issue featured in new street art mural celebrating efforts to help homeless people in Bristol
A Big Issue vendor tabard is featured as one of several graffiti art pieces brought together on a city wall.
Street art

Big Issue featured in new street art mural celebrating efforts to help homeless people in Bristol

Big Issue Invest more than triples investments in 20th year, with £9.4 million deployed to social purpose organisations
Big Issue Invest MD Holger Westphely.
Big Issue Invest

Big Issue Invest more than triples investments in 20th year, with £9.4 million deployed to social purpose organisations

New way for Big Issue vendors to take cashless payments up for prestigious award
Big Issue vendor with the fumopay QR code
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New way for Big Issue vendors to take cashless payments up for prestigious award

Big Issue vendor Alfie Brew bounces back after being hit by a car
Big Issue vendor Alfie Brew stands outside Coop in Exeter, his pitch.
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Big Issue vendor Alfie Brew bounces back after being hit by a car

Big Issue Impact Advisory appoints Sasha Afanasieva as new MD
Big Issue Impact new MD Sasha Afanasieva.
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Big Issue Impact Advisory appoints Sasha Afanasieva as new MD

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Big Issue and Lenovo partner to support digital access for UK social enterprises
Jack from Neuropool, Lord Bird founder of the Big Issue, Ruth from DWRM. Image Credit - Sophie Okonkwo.
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Big Issue and Lenovo partner to support digital access for UK social enterprises

UK public deem Claudia Winkleman more trustworthy than Rachel Reeves, according to Big Issue Ipsos poll
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UK public deem Claudia Winkleman more trustworthy than Rachel Reeves, according to Big Issue Ipsos poll

Prolific artists Opake and Slawn unite for Big Issue takeover
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Prolific artists Opake and Slawn unite for Big Issue takeover

“My customers have been very good to me”: Big Issue vendor Tony Flynn returns to work after triple heart bypass
Big Issue vendor Tony Flynn with a copy of the magazine.
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“My customers have been very good to me”: Big Issue vendor Tony Flynn returns to work after triple heart bypass