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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?

Millions of us use Buy Now, Pay Later schemes like Klarna and Afterpay. New regulation will change how these lenders operate
Letters: It’s mind-blowing that in 2026 water companies are allowed to dump sewage into rivers
Letters

Letters: It’s mind-blowing that in 2026 water companies are allowed to dump sewage into rivers

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

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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

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Health

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

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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pneumonia

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?

Why everyone should give boxing a try, according to ex-world champ Jane Couch
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Why everyone should give boxing a try, according to ex-world champ Jane Couch

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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Money

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

How marmalade spread across the world
Food

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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Health

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

27 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the Christmas holiday
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Kids eat free

27 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the Christmas holiday

Win 2 exclusive screen prints from the iconic film Trainspotting!

Celebrating the film’s 30th anniversary in Big Issue – enter your details for the chance to win.