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‘I’m infuriated that young people don’t get a say at elections. The minimum voting age is unfair’
Every adult in England, Scotland and Wales can cast a vote today, making it the biggest vote outside a general election since 1973. election results
Letters

‘I’m infuriated that young people don’t get a say at elections. The minimum voting age is unfair’

A 14-year-old Big Issue reader shares his petition for abolishing the minimum voting age
Going into debt doesn’t mean you’ve failed. Here’s how to get help
debt worries
Money

Going into debt doesn’t mean you’ve failed. Here’s how to get help

How to manage your money if you become ill or disabled
a disability rights poster
Money

How to manage your money if you become ill or disabled

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Letters: Education is on its knees. The government must take radical action to save it
Letters

Letters: Education is on its knees. The government must take radical action to save it

Letters: People need to know their rights – why aren’t they taught in the school curriculum?
Letters

Letters: People need to know their rights – why aren’t they taught in the school curriculum?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Health

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How free eye tests and glasses from Specsavers got Paula baking again
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How free eye tests and glasses from Specsavers got Paula baking again

The movie-buff vendor and the glasses that changed everything
Vendor Stuart sat at a desk, smiling at the camera, wearing a red Big Issue tabard, his arm extended over copies of the magazine
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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
sport

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

Money

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Going into debt doesn’t mean you’ve failed. Here’s how to get help
debt worries
Money

Going into debt doesn’t mean you’ve failed. Here’s how to get help

How to manage your money if you become ill or disabled
a disability rights poster
Money

How to manage your money if you become ill or disabled

‘Grotesque’ council tax system set for biggest change in 30 years. Here’s what it means for you
Martin Lewis
Money

‘Grotesque’ council tax system set for biggest change in 30 years. Here’s what it means for you

How to sort out your finances when your relationship breaks down
a couple who have had an argument as part of a relationship breakdown
Money

How to sort out your finances when your relationship breaks down

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
Illustration of a person using a smartphone connected by pipes to charts, coins and digital tools, with a Certified B Corporation badge, representing ethical business and digital connectivity.
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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

Food

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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?
Society

Have dinner parties always been smug?