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Inside the Big Issue: Superstar DJ James Hype
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Superstar DJ James Hype

Allotments, the Shipping Forecast and Ronan Keating all feature alongside superstar DJ James Hype in this week's Big Issue magazine
'I was homeless at 16': DJ Charlie Sloth on rough sleeping and living in poverty as a young father
Homelessness

'I was homeless at 16': DJ Charlie Sloth on rough sleeping and living in poverty as a young father

Are thousands of asylum seekers about to be kicked out of hotels?
asylum hotels protesters
Immigration

Are thousands of asylum seekers about to be kicked out of hotels?

I've had a knife pulled on me and seen people chased with machetes – so I had to do something
Sam Edmunds

I've had a knife pulled on me and seen people chased with machetes – so I had to do something

Empty council-owned buildings 'could pave way for 25,000 new homes'
Housing

Empty council-owned buildings 'could pave way for 25,000 new homes'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Asylum hotel court ruling risks letting 'violent mobs dictate government policy', experts say
Far-right anti-immigration protestors scuffle with a cordon of riot police outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex
Asylum hotels

Asylum hotel court ruling risks letting 'violent mobs dictate government policy', experts say

The TikTokification of politics: Will it engage young people or does it miss the point entirely?
Politics

The TikTokification of politics: Will it engage young people or does it miss the point entirely?

Mark was homeless and sleeping in his car. Now he's just graduated with a first-class degree
Swansea University graduate and former homeless man Mark Eaton-Lees
Homelessness

Mark was homeless and sleeping in his car. Now he's just graduated with a first-class degree

Inside the Big Issue: Think pig
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Think pig

Glasgow council knew this building was dangerous for years. Its collapse left people homeless
building on albert drive collapse in glasgow
Homelessness

Glasgow council knew this building was dangerous for years. Its collapse left people homeless

Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali resigns over rent hike row: 'This is the right decision'
Labour homelessness minister Rushanara Ali
Homelessness

Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali resigns over rent hike row: 'This is the right decision'

Calls for homeless minister Rushanara Ali to resign over rent hike row
Labour homelessness minister Rushanara Ali
Politics

Calls for homeless minister Rushanara Ali to resign over rent hike row

The fight to keep two libraries in two of Liverpool's most deprived areas: 'It would be a grievous blow'
A protest sign at Dovecot Muli Activity Centre in Liverpool
Libraries

The fight to keep two libraries in two of Liverpool's most deprived areas: 'It would be a grievous blow'

Sick gran stuck in bed bug-infested flat nine months after GP ordered her to be moved
Bed bugs

Sick gran stuck in bed bug-infested flat nine months after GP ordered her to be moved

Community housing project offering affordable homes forever up for a prestigious architecture award
Citizens House in Lewisham
Housing

Community housing project offering affordable homes forever up for a prestigious architecture award

Disabled Big Issue vendor Jason has fought 21 years for an accessible home. There are millions like him
Our Vendors

Disabled Big Issue vendor Jason has fought 21 years for an accessible home. There are millions like him

Inside the Big Issue: Can we find this man a proper place to live?
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Can we find this man a proper place to live?

Rough sleeping in London 'nowhere near on track' to end by 2030
a homeless person lying on a bench
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London 'nowhere near on track' to end by 2030

Prince William's Homewards project is building homes for homeless youngsters
Prince William visiting Centrepoint's Reuben House
Homelessness

Prince William's Homewards project is building homes for homeless youngsters

New homes to be built on disused railway land as Labour tries to keep housing target on track
a train on a UK railway line
Housing

New homes to be built on disused railway land as Labour tries to keep housing target on track

Average rent now £400 per month higher than five years ago, Rightmove says: 'Another new record'
A UK housing estate and surrounding fields
Renting

Average rent now £400 per month higher than five years ago, Rightmove says: 'Another new record'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor after tragic death: 'He would always help everybody'
a photo of the tributes left on Big Issue vendor Neil Smith's pitch and his pet dog Honey
Our Vendors

Tributes paid to much-loved Big Issue vendor after tragic death: 'He would always help everybody'

Donald Trump wants to 'criminalise' homeless people because it's not 'nice' seeing tents on streets
US president Donald Trump
Homelessness

Donald Trump wants to 'criminalise' homeless people because it's not 'nice' seeing tents on streets

Inside the Big Issue: The UK riots, one year on
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: The UK riots, one year on

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2025