Revealed: MPs rack up huge taxpayer-funded rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits
Revealed: MPs rack up huge taxpayer-funded rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits
Some of the most vehement campaigners for cuts to disability benefits, winter fuel payments and child benefit are the same people claiming rent expenses higher than the average salary. Something’s not right
The Wanted star Nathan Sykes shares how dogs give him purpose: ‘I can’t imagine not having a dog’
The Wanted star Nathan Sykes shares how dogs give him purpose: ‘I can’t imagine not having a dog’
Big Issue vendors’ dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards
Big Issue vendors’ dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband Richard writes for Big Issue: ‘Ours is a story about people’
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband Richard writes for Big Issue: ‘Ours is a story about people’
I wore a burqa for a decade. The real danger to Muslim women isn’t the veil – it’s the politics
I wore a burqa for a decade. The real danger to Muslim women isn’t the veil – it’s the politics
Letters: How can an investment bank see the consequences of cutting benefits as a good thing?
Letters: How can an investment bank see the consequences of cutting benefits as a good thing?
Why it’s time for heated conversations on the cost of energy
Why it’s time for heated conversations on the cost of energy
12 huge artists have come together to support Big Issue. These are stories behind their art
12 huge artists have come together to support Big Issue. These are stories behind their art
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Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
How to donate toys and charity Christmas gifts to children
How to donate toys and charity Christmas gifts to children
Worried about your bills this winter? Help is out there
Worried about your bills this winter? Help is out there
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Big Issue vendors’ dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards
Big Issue vendors’ dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards
Big Issue vendor ‘loses everything’ in Storm Claudia floods that left him ‘worried for his life’
Big Issue vendor ‘loses everything’ in Storm Claudia floods that left him ‘worried for his life’
Opinion
I wore a burqa for a decade. The real danger to Muslim women isn’t the veil – it’s the politics
I wore a burqa for a decade. The real danger to Muslim women isn’t the veil – it’s the politics
Why it’s time for heated conversations on the cost of energy
Why it’s time for heated conversations on the cost of energy
Judgement kills: Why we must end the stigma against women experiencing abuse
Judgement kills: Why we must end the stigma against women experiencing abuse
Reeves’ budget offers positive steps for those struggling with debts – but there’s still a way to go
Reeves’ budget offers positive steps for those struggling with debts – but there’s still a way to go
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Culture
The Wanted star Nathan Sykes shares how dogs give him purpose: ‘I can’t imagine not having a dog’
The Wanted star Nathan Sykes shares how dogs give him purpose: ‘I can’t imagine not having a dog’
Nathan Sykes, best known for being a member of boy band The Wanted, also really loves dogs and is ambassador for Dogs Trust
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband Richard writes for Big Issue: ‘Ours is a story about people’
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband Richard writes for Big Issue: ‘Ours is a story about people’
Letter To My Younger Self
Renowned heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub: ‘It’s essential in life, and in science in particular, to be humble’
Renowned heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub: ‘It’s essential in life, and in science in particular, to be humble’
Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern: ‘Door-knocking for politics is easier than door-knocking for God’
Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern: ‘Door-knocking for politics is easier than door-knocking for God’
Artist Oliver Jeffers: ‘I want to be able to look my kids in the eye and say that I tried’
Artist Oliver Jeffers: ‘I want to be able to look my kids in the eye and say that I tried’
Kae Tempest: ‘Seeing all these young queer and gender queer people makes me feel so happy’
Kae Tempest: ‘Seeing all these young queer and gender queer people makes me feel so happy’
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‘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: How can an investment bank see the consequences of cutting benefits as a good thing?
Letters: How can an investment bank see the consequences of cutting benefits as a good thing?
Renowned heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub: ‘It’s essential in life, and in science in particular, to be humble’
Renowned heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub: ‘It’s essential in life, and in science in particular, to be humble’
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Inside the Big Issue: Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody at 50
