Life

‘It’s amazing that something that’s so focused on animals can make you feel so human’
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‘It’s amazing that something that’s so focused on animals can make you feel so human’

Sabrina Cohen-Hatton, firefighter, Big Issue Ambassador and adviser to the Prince of Wales at his Homewards initiative, explains why she is supporting StreetVet on their mission to provide free, accessible and often essential veterinary care for the pets of people experiencing homelessness.
Letters: ‘Voting is the adult equivalent of writing letters to Santa’
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Letters: ‘Voting is the adult equivalent of writing letters to Santa’

Challenging the stigma of social housing
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Challenging the stigma of social housing

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Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability
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Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability

Letters: A free bus pass for homeless kids is good, but wouldn’t a permanent home be better?
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Letters: A free bus pass for homeless kids is good, but wouldn’t a permanent home be better?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

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Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability
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Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability

Doomscrolling ‘steals our joy’, a new study warns. Here’s how to fight back
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Doomscrolling ‘steals our joy’, a new study warns. Here’s how to fight back

Are you breathing in mould? Soaring pneumonia cases linked to cold, damp houses
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Are you breathing in mould? Soaring pneumonia cases linked to cold, damp houses

A plan for equitable eye care was promised years ago. Why are we waiting?
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A plan for equitable eye care was promised years ago. Why are we waiting?

Money

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New Buy Now, Pay Later rules could protect you from debt traps. But what are the risks?
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New Buy Now, Pay Later rules could protect you from debt traps. But what are the risks?

What do the government’s vet prices reforms mean for pet owners?
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What do the government’s vet prices reforms mean for pet owners?

More than half of people with mental health problems regularly run out of money
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More than half of people with mental health problems regularly run out of money

Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score
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Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score

Ethical shopping

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One year in: how giffgaff’s support is transforming life for vendors
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One year in: how giffgaff’s support is transforming life for vendors

How Lenovo and Big Issue Invest Are Powering Digital Inclusion for UK Social Enterprises
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How Lenovo and Big Issue Invest Are Powering Digital Inclusion for UK Social Enterprises

How electric vehicles are changing lives on Big Issue’s front line
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How electric vehicles are changing lives on Big Issue’s front line

Free phones are helping 400 people find work after homelessness and unemployment
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Free phones are helping 400 people find work after homelessness and unemployment

Food

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Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Food and nutrition
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Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Food and nutrition

Have dinner parties always been smug?
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Have dinner parties always been smug?

How marmalade spread across the world
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How marmalade spread across the world

Young people turning to social media over NHS for nutrition and diet advice: ‘Social media is trumping doctors’
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Young people turning to social media over NHS for nutrition and diet advice: ‘Social media is trumping doctors’