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Do settled migrants really get ‘immediate access’ to social housing?
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Do settled migrants really get ‘immediate access’ to social housing?

Reform is embroiled in a spat over whether to deport “foreign nationals” just because they live in social housing. But is it really an issue?
Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
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Renting

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?

Energy bills to rise as millions struggle with cost of living: ‘People are already rationing’
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Cost of living

Energy bills to rise as millions struggle with cost of living: ‘People are already rationing’

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Airbnb kills communities. Is it time for a ban?
Short-term lets

Airbnb kills communities. Is it time for a ban?

Grenfell tragedy families deserve ‘highest standards’ as wait for criminal charges goes on
Grenfell

Grenfell tragedy families deserve ‘highest standards’ as wait for criminal charges goes on

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Cost of living crisis

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Energy bills to rise as millions struggle with cost of living: ‘People are already rationing’
a gas meter
Cost of living

Energy bills to rise as millions struggle with cost of living: ‘People are already rationing’

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

Inside the Big issue: Pier pressure
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big issue: Pier pressure

What does the government’s cost of living boost mean for family budgets this summer?
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Cost of living

What does the government’s cost of living boost mean for family budgets this summer?

Housing

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Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?
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Renting

Rents in UK are at record highs. Will they keep going up?

Airbnb kills communities. Is it time for a ban?
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Short-term lets

Airbnb kills communities. Is it time for a ban?

Grenfell tragedy families deserve ‘highest standards’ as wait for criminal charges goes on
Grenfell
Grenfell

Grenfell tragedy families deserve ‘highest standards’ as wait for criminal charges goes on

How estate agent firms are cashing in on housing homeless families in London
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Housing

How estate agent firms are cashing in on housing homeless families in London

Our vendors

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‘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

Two-thirds of adults predict kids today will be worse off than their parents
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Two-thirds of adults predict kids today will be worse off than their parents

Letters: Big Issue’s Changemakers showed that in dark times it’s important to have hope
Letters

Letters: Big Issue’s Changemakers showed that in dark times it’s important to have hope

Big Issue brand hits milestone of putting £200 million in vendors’ pockets worldwide
Vendor Grant Elder previously sold the Australian Big Issue in Canberra, Australia, and now sells the British Big Issue in Edinburgh. Credit: Juliette Pedram for Big Issue
Behind the scenes

Big Issue brand hits milestone of putting £200 million in vendors’ pockets worldwide

Employment

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‘Give people a chance’: Monica Galetti on the restaurant helping people out of homelessness
Monica Galetti is the new executive chef of 130 Primrose.
Food

‘Give people a chance’: Monica Galetti on the restaurant helping people out of homelessness

Masterchef star Monica Galetti joins restaurant staffed by homeless people
Monica Galetti
Food

Masterchef star Monica Galetti joins restaurant staffed by homeless people

Youth unemployment has a ‘long-term scarring effect’ affecting finances and health decades later
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Employment

Youth unemployment has a ‘long-term scarring effect’ affecting finances and health decades later

Meet the man tasked with fixing youth unemployment: ‘I see a generation that is trying hard’
Big Issue Recruit's Catherine Parsons interviewing Alan Milburn.
Catherine Parsons

Meet the man tasked with fixing youth unemployment: ‘I see a generation that is trying hard’

Social justice

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Do settled migrants really get ‘immediate access’ to social housing?
social housing

Do settled migrants really get ‘immediate access’ to social housing?

Energy bills to rise as millions struggle with cost of living: ‘People are already rationing’
a gas meter
Cost of living

Energy bills to rise as millions struggle with cost of living: ‘People are already rationing’

Government launches new AI chatbot – but there are fears ‘people in need might be excluded’
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Digital inclusion

Government launches new AI chatbot – but there are fears ‘people in need might be excluded’

DWP to hire 500 new Access to Work case workers – but will it save the scheme?
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Access to Work

DWP to hire 500 new Access to Work case workers – but will it save the scheme?

Activism

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What running with Tinie Tempah taught us about volunteering: ‘It’s important to give hope’
Tinie Tempah
Music

What running with Tinie Tempah taught us about volunteering: ‘It’s important to give hope’

Five ways David Attenborough changed the world
David Attenborough with a gorilla in Rwanda as part of his 1979 Life on Earth series
Activism

Five ways David Attenborough changed the world

General Strike at 100: Could workers ever take action on the same scale again?
The General Strike in 2026
Activism

General Strike at 100: Could workers ever take action on the same scale again?

Miners are back on strike: ‘I lost everything last time. I won’t go back this time until it’s sorted’
Industrial action

Miners are back on strike: ‘I lost everything last time. I won’t go back this time until it’s sorted’

Environment

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Chucky spent eight years in and out of homelessness. Now he’s training to keep bees
Bees

Chucky spent eight years in and out of homelessness. Now he’s training to keep bees

David Attenborough by Chris Packham: ‘I don’t think he has an earthly equal’ 
David Attenborough
Centenary

David Attenborough by Chris Packham: ‘I don’t think he has an earthly equal’ 

Five ways David Attenborough changed the world
David Attenborough with a gorilla in Rwanda as part of his 1979 Life on Earth series
Activism

Five ways David Attenborough changed the world

Wind farms and 35 Glastonburys: How else could you spend BP’s £2.4 billion quarterly profit?
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A modest proposal

Wind farms and 35 Glastonburys: How else could you spend BP’s £2.4 billion quarterly profit?