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Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers
Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers
Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Communities and equality
Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Communities and equality
Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Media and campaigns
Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Media and campaigns
Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Health and disability
Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Health and disability
Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Food and nutrition
Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Food and nutrition
Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Housing and homelessness
Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Housing and homelessness
Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2025
Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2025
A twisted ankle and eyes full of pepper spray: A day in the life of the 'protest paramedics'
A twisted ankle and eyes full of pepper spray: A day in the life of the 'protest paramedics'
'Flooding can break people': This woman channelled her fears of extreme weather to help thousands
'Flooding can break people': This woman channelled her fears of extreme weather to help thousands
Save Windermere activist Matt Staniek: 'In the world of campaigning, hope is essential'
Save Windermere activist Matt Staniek: 'In the world of campaigning, hope is essential'
Poet Lemn Sissay: 'I am my biggest failure and I am my biggest success'
Poet Lemn Sissay: 'I am my biggest failure and I am my biggest success'
Protest isn't a dirty word – but successive governments have tried to convince us otherwise
Protest isn't a dirty word – but successive governments have tried to convince us otherwise
Prisons minister James Timpson: 'We inherited a justice system in crisis – but it's stabilising'
Prisons minister James Timpson: 'We inherited a justice system in crisis – but it's stabilising'
Veterans kicked out of armed forces under 'gay ban' to get £75m. But can it right the wrongs?
Veterans kicked out of armed forces under 'gay ban' to get £75m. But can it right the wrongs?
Politicians and activists explain what went right – and what went wrong – for the world in 2024
Politicians and activists explain what went right – and what went wrong – for the world in 2024
'It's changed our life': These modern slavery survivors are finding hope at Christmas through music
'It's changed our life': These modern slavery survivors are finding hope at Christmas through music
Farmers have every right to complain – but their gripes are being hijacked by right-wing chancers
Farmers have every right to complain – but their gripes are being hijacked by right-wing chancers
Tower block tenants trapped in 'living nightmare' by bed bug infestations: 'I'm riddled with them'
Tower block tenants trapped in 'living nightmare' by bed bug infestations: 'I'm riddled with them'
Political censorship in theatre has gone too far – especially on Palestinian art. Here's why
Political censorship in theatre has gone too far – especially on Palestinian art. Here's why
I'm in a struggling band but I keep giving our money away – here's why
