Life

Letters: Cutting Access to Work is impractical and cruel
Letters

Letters: Cutting Access to Work is impractical and cruel

Big Issue readers take aim at Access to Work being capped
I know from experience how hard it is to seek help with debt. I’m helping local people take the step
Karen and Jessica
Debt

I know from experience how hard it is to seek help with debt. I’m helping local people take the step

‘He saved my life’: Big Issue vendor Clive, his dog Geezer and the fear every pet owner knows
Portrait of Big Issue vendor Clive Rowe holding his dog Geezer. Both are facing the camera outdoors in bright sunlight, with Geezer looking upwards.
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‘He saved my life’: Big Issue vendor Clive, his dog Geezer and the fear every pet owner knows

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Want to get healthy this summer? Add the arts to your core routine
Arts

Want to get healthy this summer? Add the arts to your core routine

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

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Health

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Want to get healthy this summer? Add the arts to your core routine
Arts

Want to get healthy this summer? Add the arts to your core routine

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

Money

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I know from experience how hard it is to seek help with debt. I’m helping local people take the step
Karen and Jessica
Debt

I know from experience how hard it is to seek help with debt. I’m helping local people take the step

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

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?