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

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

An estimated 6.4 million people are going without basics because of fears around their credit score, according to the Centre for Responsible Credit
Letters: Grok isn’t the problem. Men are the problem
Letters

Letters: Grok isn’t the problem. Men are the problem

I was born intersex but it was kept secret from me my whole life. I still live with the trauma
Intersex

I was born intersex but it was kept secret from me my whole life. I still live with the trauma

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How marmalade spread across the world

Letters: The world belongs to all of us – so let’s make it a kinder place 
Letters

Letters: The world belongs to all of us – so let’s make it a kinder place 

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

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

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

Inside the UK’s first NHS boxing gym: ‘You can pick yourself up no matter what’
Health

Inside the UK’s first NHS boxing gym: ‘You can pick yourself up no matter what’

This is how to get fit without time, money or space 
Fitness

This is how to get fit without time, money or space 

‘You do not need eight hours’: Sleep expert The Sleep Geek shares top tips for getting better kip
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‘You do not need eight hours’: Sleep expert The Sleep Geek shares top tips for getting better kip

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

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

How to survive the cold weather when you’re struggling to pay your bills
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Cost of living

How to survive the cold weather when you’re struggling to pay your bills

Olive oil is cheaper than it’s been since February 2024. Is it a sign of falling prices to come?
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Inflation

Olive oil is cheaper than it’s been since February 2024. Is it a sign of falling prices to come?

Panicked by the Christmas food bill? Here’s how to save money and still have a festive feast
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Christmas

Panicked by the Christmas food bill? Here’s how to save money and still have a festive feast

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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
Big Issue frontline manager Hattie Greenyer standing with a Big Issue magazine in front of the Citroën ë-Berlingo Van displaying 'Driving Change for Good' branding, with colourful street art mural in background
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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

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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
kids eat free/ easter holidays
Kids eat free

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

Inside the Millennium Seed Bank, our biological safety net in a changing world
Food

Inside the Millennium Seed Bank, our biological safety net in a changing world