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Debunking money myths: Does checking your credit score lower it?
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Debunking money myths: Does checking your credit score lower it?

Is there any truth behind concerns that checking your credit score will lower it? Big Issue asks the experts
I’m 28 and my parents control my bank account. It’s the only reason I’m still sober
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I’m 28 and my parents control my bank account. It’s the only reason I’m still sober

The movie-buff vendor and the glasses that changed everything
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The movie-buff vendor and the glasses that changed everything

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Letters: The government should build MPs a hotel, then they won’t need second homes
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Letters: The government should build MPs a hotel, then they won’t need second homes

Should we have to pay more council tax from April?
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Should we have to pay more council tax from April?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

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The movie-buff vendor and the glasses that changed everything
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The movie-buff vendor and the glasses that changed everything

Winter Paralympics: Costs of competing leaves Paralympians with mountain to climb
Scott Meenagh competes in the Winter Paralympics
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Winter Paralympics: Costs of competing leaves Paralympians with mountain to climb

‘They make me go out’: Why dogs can mean the world to our vendors
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‘They make me go out’: Why dogs can mean the world to our vendors

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

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

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Debunking money myths: Does checking your credit score lower it?
Money

Debunking money myths: Does checking your credit score lower it?

I’m 28 and my parents control my bank account. It’s the only reason I’m still sober
Money

I’m 28 and my parents control my bank account. It’s the only reason I’m still sober

Should we have to pay more council tax from April?
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Council tax

Should we have to pay more council tax from April?

Have you been made redundant? Here’s what to do next
Stock image of a man walking out of an office with his belongings after being made redundant
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Have you been made redundant? Here’s what to do next

Ethical shopping

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How would you spend £428 billion? Welcome to the impact economy
B Corp Month

How would you spend £428 billion? Welcome to the impact economy

The impact economy: How fair systems build stronger economies
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The impact economy: How fair systems build stronger economies

More than just a phone: How digital access is changing vendors’ lives thanks to our partnership with giffgaff
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More than just a phone: How digital access is changing vendors’ lives thanks to our partnership with giffgaff

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

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B Corp Month: Food tastes better when it’s served with a conscience
B Corp Month

B Corp Month: Food tastes better when it’s served with a conscience

Big John: Bingo’s Boshfather encapsulates a modern Britain with tolerance and patriotism
Food

Big John: Bingo’s Boshfather encapsulates a modern Britain with tolerance and patriotism

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

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?