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Bailiffs tried taking my kids’ toys over council tax debt – people shouldn’t have to go through this

Bailiffs tried taking my kids’ toys over council tax debt – people shouldn’t have to go through this
Over 40 MP and MSPs have backed community union Acorn’s bid to prevent bailiffs being used to chase council tax debt
Privately educated elite five times more likely to take Britain’s most powerful and influential jobs

Privately educated elite five times more likely to take Britain’s most powerful and influential jobs
Road sign artist Suto: ‘I don’t want to make something that will be loved by everyone’

Road sign artist Suto: ‘I don’t want to make something that will be loved by everyone’
Top Stories
Giving homeless people stable housing could save taxpayer £200m a year – if Labour wants to
Giving homeless people stable housing could save taxpayer £200m a year – if Labour wants to
What would Britain be like with Donald Trump as prime minister?
What would Britain be like with Donald Trump as prime minister?
Letters: At least Angela Rayner had the decency to resign – that’s a good thing

Letters: At least Angela Rayner had the decency to resign – that’s a good thing
The fall of Angela Rayner emphasises the rise in power of property ownership

The fall of Angela Rayner emphasises the rise in power of property ownership
I thought I’d be dead by 25. So being able to guest edit Big Issue is a dream and a blessing

I thought I’d be dead by 25. So being able to guest edit Big Issue is a dream and a blessing
Advice
How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
Cost of living payments: Where to get help in 2025 now the scheme is over

Cost of living payments: Where to get help in 2025 now the scheme is over
24 discounted days out for families on universal credit and other benefits this summer holiday

24 discounted days out for families on universal credit and other benefits this summer holiday
Meet our vendors
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Martin McKenzie, Waitrose, Bressenden Place, Victoria, London
Vendor news
“My customers have been very good to me”: Big Issue vendor Tony Flynn returns to work after triple heart bypass

“My customers have been very good to me”: Big Issue vendor Tony Flynn returns to work after triple heart bypass
BillyChip partners with Big Issue to help our vendors

BillyChip partners with Big Issue to help our vendors
Donald Trump wants ‘the homeless to move out’ – while simultaneously dismantling homelessness prevention

Donald Trump wants ‘the homeless to move out’ – while simultaneously dismantling homelessness prevention
Opinion
Mental health support while I was in care wasn’t perfect – but now children are being turned away

Mental health support while I was in care wasn’t perfect – but now children are being turned away
The fall of Angela Rayner emphasises the rise in power of property ownership

The fall of Angela Rayner emphasises the rise in power of property ownership
Why throw away clothes? You could go to a repair cafe to get them fixed instead

Why throw away clothes? You could go to a repair cafe to get them fixed instead
What would Britain be like with Donald Trump as prime minister?

What would Britain be like with Donald Trump as prime minister?
Newsletters
Sign up to Survival Guide: The Big Issue’s cost of living newsletter with human stories at the heart

Sign up to Survival Guide: The Big Issue’s cost of living newsletter with human stories at the heart
Sign up to our free Inside the Big Issue newsletter

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Culture
Glasgow institution Citizens Theatre reopens after a seven-year intermission

Glasgow institution Citizens Theatre reopens after a seven-year intermission
What the reopening of Citizens Theatre means to Glasgow
Artist Will Blood wanted to be a rock star – but pop-punk’s loss is the art world’s gain

Artist Will Blood wanted to be a rock star – but pop-punk’s loss is the art world’s gain
Road sign artist Suto: ‘I don’t want to make something that will be loved by everyone’

Road sign artist Suto: ‘I don’t want to make something that will be loved by everyone’
Letter To My Younger Self
Huey Morgan: ‘My 16-year-old self would be surprised that I’m still here’

Huey Morgan: ‘My 16-year-old self would be surprised that I’m still here’
David Mitchell: ‘I wanted to be prime minister when I was a teenager – like Winston Churchill’

David Mitchell: ‘I wanted to be prime minister when I was a teenager – like Winston Churchill’
Ronan Keating: ‘We’re all scarred by what we went through in the 90s’

Ronan Keating: ‘We’re all scarred by what we went through in the 90s’
Belinda Carlisle: ‘I never felt like I was good enough or that I was worthy’

Belinda Carlisle: ‘I never felt like I was good enough or that I was worthy’
Most popular
‘Explain to me why I’m homeless’: Rough sleeper’s rage tells us a lot about what’s keeping people homeless

‘Explain to me why I’m homeless’: Rough sleeper’s rage tells us a lot about what’s keeping people homeless
‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’

‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’
Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: ‘I can’t make it make sense’

Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: ‘I can’t make it make sense’
‘It’s devastating’: UK’s biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests

‘It’s devastating’: UK’s biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests
Life
Letters: At least Angela Rayner had the decency to resign – that’s a good thing

Letters: At least Angela Rayner had the decency to resign – that’s a good thing
Family day out: Why the Citroën ë-C5 Aircross made our Bath adventure unforgettable

Family day out: Why the Citroën ë-C5 Aircross made our Bath adventure unforgettable
Letters: Don’t weaponise violence against women and girls

Letters: Don’t weaponise violence against women and girls
Letters: If I had to flee my home I’d hope I wouldn’t end up in an asylum hotel

Letters: If I had to flee my home I’d hope I wouldn’t end up in an asylum hotel
Inside The Big Issue
Inside the Big Issue: Hacker T Dog and the chaotic rebirth of kids’ TV

Inside the Big Issue: Hacker T Dog and the chaotic rebirth of kids’ TV
Big Issue Invest names Holger Westphely as new Managing Director
