Vote dog!

This week we’ve gone all the way to the top of government for an audience with Keir Starmer, to ask him some big questions about tackling poverty and the cost of living. We were at Number 10 to celebrate the passing of the Renters’ Rights Act and the prime minister was quick to thank Big Issue for our part in making it happen. Meanwhile around the corner, two of our vendors and their beloved dogs were having a cover photoshoot in Parliament Square, before heading to the Houses of Parliament on a special mission to demand a ban on no-pet policies in temporary accommodation. Sausages may have been involved.

Also inside

• What happened when Angela Rayner, Colin Murray, John Bird, the Zutons and more took to the stage for the Big Issue 35th anniversary fundraiser
• Olympic track cyclist Victoria Pendleton was part of the golden age of Team GB, then she found a new career in a different kind of saddle
• We report from the front lines of the homelessness health crisis, where an NHS outreach team is trying a different approach to save lives on the streets
• Michael Palin tells us why he is still travelling to unreported corners of the globe, but you won’t ever find him at the beach club
• Russell T Davies’s new show, Tip Toe, explores themes of homophobia. He and two of its stars, Alan Cumming and David Morrissey, talk about why the push for equality has no endgame
• Aussie comic Sam Campbell wants to make your movie dreams come true
• BIG Kids will have you hunting for dinosaurs
• And London vendor / artist Dave Martin has had a spell in hospital, but hopes to return to his pitch very soon

And much more

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