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Lives are being 'tragically cut short' due to homelessness. These are the numbers you need to know
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Homeless deaths

Lives are being 'tragically cut short' due to homelessness. These are the numbers you need to know

People experiencing homelessness are especially vulnerable to poor physical and mental health, and are more likely to die early or avoidably
More than 1,700 people died while homeless in 2025. It’s a ‘national scandal’
Homeless deaths tribute
Homelessness

More than 1,700 people died while homeless in 2025. It’s a ‘national scandal’

'I waited nine months for PIP decision. It was horrendous and my mental health suffered'
PIP claimant Jake
Gabrielle Pickard Whitehead

'I waited nine months for PIP decision. It was horrendous and my mental health suffered'

Andy Burnham visits Big Issue-backed homelessness charity in bid to end rough sleeping
Rough sleeping

Andy Burnham visits Big Issue-backed homelessness charity in bid to end rough sleeping

Inside the Big Issue: KSI's got talent
Behind the scenes

Inside the Big Issue: KSI's got talent

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Big Issue founder leads call for a national empty homes strategy: 'A completely wasted resource'
Big Issue founder Lord John Bird at a House of Lords debate on empty homes
Housing

Big Issue founder leads call for a national empty homes strategy: 'A completely wasted resource'

Council spending on housing homeless families in England at almost £3bn a year: ‘It’s crippling’
Jordan has been in and out of homelessness services for many years. Now in temporary accommodation, Jordan has been supported with his mental health and is positively moving forward.
Housing

Council spending on housing homeless families in England at almost £3bn a year: ‘It’s crippling’

People could face an 'impossible winter' with energy bills forecast to rise by 25% in January
an elderly person looking out
Energy bills

People could face an 'impossible winter' with energy bills forecast to rise by 25% in January

Rents are set to rise 5% by the end of 2026. Here’s what it could mean for homelessness
A couple being shown around a home by an estate agent
Renting

Rents are set to rise 5% by the end of 2026. Here’s what it could mean for homelessness

Bryan Adams named as Big Issue ambassador: ‘Keep fighting the fight’
Bryan Adams
Social Justice

Bryan Adams named as Big Issue ambassador: ‘Keep fighting the fight’

More children will get free school meals this school year. Here's what you need to know
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Free school meals

More children will get free school meals this school year. Here's what you need to know

How Big Issue saved vendor Robin Price's life as magazine turns 35: 'Without them, I’d be dead’
Robin Price
our vendors

How Big Issue saved vendor Robin Price's life as magazine turns 35: 'Without them, I’d be dead’

Timms Review recommends changes to 'dehumanising' PIP assessment process
stephen timms
Disability benefits

Timms Review recommends changes to 'dehumanising' PIP assessment process

'My dad died hiding a gambling addiction and homelessness. I wish he had let us help him'
Michelle's father holding her as a baby.
Homelessness

'My dad died hiding a gambling addiction and homelessness. I wish he had let us help him'

London's walk-in homelessness services are closing. It's driving homeless people to hospital instead
A hospital waiting room
homelessness

London's walk-in homelessness services are closing. It's driving homeless people to hospital instead

How your first job can determine what you earn for the rest of your career
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Employment

How your first job can determine what you earn for the rest of your career

Inside the charity warehouse offering thousands of families a cost of living lifeline every month
Keely Dalfen at Multibank North West's warehouse
Social Justice

Inside the charity warehouse offering thousands of families a cost of living lifeline every month

The failure to build enough social housing is leaving families £8,000 a year worse off
house keys in someone's hand
Housing

The failure to build enough social housing is leaving families £8,000 a year worse off

Over a million workers 'trapped in poverty' as they lose nearly £500 a month in cancelled shifts
A barista at work. Insecure work can be expensive for employees
insecure work

Over a million workers 'trapped in poverty' as they lose nearly £500 a month in cancelled shifts

Wrestling legend Mick Foley: 'You need to tell people you love them before it's too late'
WWE wrestler Mick Foley in the ring
Letter to My Younger Self

Wrestling legend Mick Foley: 'You need to tell people you love them before it's too late'

NEET numbers fall but young people still face jobs crisis: 'This is not a turning point'
people walking
NEETs

NEET numbers fall but young people still face jobs crisis: 'This is not a turning point'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Energy bills to rise to highest level in three years leaving households facing 'brutal winter'
a person turning a thermostat on a radiator
Energy Bills

Energy bills to rise to highest level in three years leaving households facing 'brutal winter'

Big Issue vendors react to Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge: ‘It would mean the world’
Vendor Bob Sheppard wears a Big Issue bucket hat from our summer support kit and holds our Oasis issue outside Big Issue's Bristol offices.
Housing

Big Issue vendors react to Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge: ‘It would mean the world’

Protesters block roads and occupy offices over the cost of living: 'Bills are rising but so are we'
Acorn protesters occupied offices to protest the cost of living crisis
Protest

Protesters block roads and occupy offices over the cost of living: 'Bills are rising but so are we'

'Everyone wants a job and it's a nightmare': What it's like to be a NEET young person in Britain
wren hill
Youth unemployment

'Everyone wants a job and it's a nightmare': What it's like to be a NEET young person in Britain