Homelessness

Inside the Big Issue: Skin in the game
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Skin in the game

A heatwave can be uncomfortable for most of us but if you’re living on the street then it can be a matter of life and death. Big Issue investigates how heatwaves intensify inequality
Revealed: Homeless people face 'postcode lottery' of support leaving them at risk in heatwaves
a homeless man in hot weather
Investigation

Revealed: Homeless people face 'postcode lottery' of support leaving them at risk in heatwaves

Heatwaves can be a unifying call to fight climate change but they are only widening UK inequality
the sun
Liam Geraghty

Heatwaves can be a unifying call to fight climate change but they are only widening UK inequality

I work in probation. What meeting a homeless man on the street taught me about second chances
Paul Edwards

I work in probation. What meeting a homeless man on the street taught me about second chances

Barry's Economics: The ex-homeless comedian explaining wealth inequality on YouTube
Comedy

Barry's Economics: The ex-homeless comedian explaining wealth inequality on YouTube

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Cost of housing homeless families could stop councils delivering on Andy Burnham housebuilding plans
Andy Burnham and Keir Starmer meet school children in Manchester
Housing

Cost of housing homeless families could stop councils delivering on Andy Burnham housebuilding plans

Angela Rayner: ‘Westminster’s one-size-fits-all approach won’t fix homelessness'
Angela Rayner
Politics

Angela Rayner: ‘Westminster’s one-size-fits-all approach won’t fix homelessness'

Fancy spending a heatwave in a former office block? That's the reality for thousands of families
Delta Point in Croydon is a former office block turned into housing
heatwave

Fancy spending a heatwave in a former office block? That's the reality for thousands of families

I was homeless and battling addiction. Now I run a charity helping others get through their struggles
Robert Smith

I was homeless and battling addiction. Now I run a charity helping others get through their struggles

Prince William: ‘If systems help create homelessness, systems can help prevent it’
Prince William
Housing

Prince William: ‘If systems help create homelessness, systems can help prevent it’

The number of people homeless on London’s streets fell last year: ‘Positive change is possible’
a homeless man lying down sleeping rough on the street
Housing

The number of people homeless on London’s streets fell last year: ‘Positive change is possible’

Andy Burnham's approach to housing could put him on a collision course with Donald Trump
Andy Burnham delivering a speech in Manchester
Housing

Andy Burnham's approach to housing could put him on a collision course with Donald Trump

Rough sleeping finally decriminalised after 200 years: ‘Homeless people are not criminals’
a person rough sleeping on a wall
Housing

Rough sleeping finally decriminalised after 200 years: ‘Homeless people are not criminals’

Inside the Big Issue: Still looking for liberty
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Still looking for liberty

Why you cannot fix the shoplifting crisis without addressing homelessness and addiction
Antonia May Cross

Why you cannot fix the shoplifting crisis without addressing homelessness and addiction

How comedian Sapphire McIntosh went from homelessness to Ted Lasso
Sapphire McIntosh
Interview

How comedian Sapphire McIntosh went from homelessness to Ted Lasso

Sadiq Khan admits he is 'really worried' about the impact of hot weather on homeless Londoners
Heatwave

Sadiq Khan admits he is 'really worried' about the impact of hot weather on homeless Londoners

Inside the exhibition explaining how homeless people have been treated as criminals for 400 years
Faerie Newbuild sculpture by 10Foot at Museum of Homelessness
10Foot

Inside the exhibition explaining how homeless people have been treated as criminals for 400 years

Keir Starmer has resigned. What is his legacy on the biggest issues in Britain?
Keir Starmer
Politics

Keir Starmer has resigned. What is his legacy on the biggest issues in Britain?

Inside the Big Issue: Hive hopes
Big Issue cover 1723: Hive Hopes
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Hive hopes

‘Pets are family’: why Big Issue and Animal Friends are fighting to keep people and their animals together
Big Issue vendors Andy Sanguy and Ian Duff with their dogs Lucky Charm and Trigger
Life

‘Pets are family’: why Big Issue and Animal Friends are fighting to keep people and their animals together

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How to have a seaside holiday without making homelessness worse
Tim Williamson

How to have a seaside holiday without making homelessness worse

'As a frontline homelessness worker, I know that pets can be just as vulnerable as their owners'
a black dog
Mark Handford

'As a frontline homelessness worker, I know that pets can be just as vulnerable as their owners'

Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?
a homeless person on the street
Criminal justice

Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?

World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas 'pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad'
The AT&T Stadium in Dallas will host nine games in the World Cup
World Cup

World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas 'pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad'